Network Engineer - Automation
Constant Contact
$80,000–$95,000
Jul 7, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network engineering role split between hands-on infrastructure operations and automation development. Day-to-day work covers configuring and supporting routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, and WAN connectivity across data centers and offices, while also building tooling in Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform to automate provisioning and monitoring. The role includes on-call duties, security and PCI compliance work, and some cloud networking on AWS. Best suited to an experienced network engineer who has already begun writing automation and wants to go further in that direction.
Mid level · 3+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
Pay in the description: $80,000–$95,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 500 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 370–650
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $119,338 (middle half $97,590–$141,760). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is a genuine hybrid between network operations (15-1244) and automation/tooling development (15-1252). The posting explicitly states the engineer will NOT write software full-time, but will be expected to automate configuration, deployment, and monitoring — placing primary day-to-day work on the network operations side, with automation as a significant secondary duty.
Ansible and Terraform are presented as interchangeable ('Strong Ansible or Terraform experience is required'), so they are captured as a single requirement with alternatives.
Palo Alto, Juniper (SRX, EX/QFX), and F5 are described as 'strongly preferred' rather than required, so they are marked preferred.
GCP is explicitly called 'a plus' in the posting and is marked preferred; AWS is the preferred cloud platform and is listed under the requirements section.
The job is posted as hybrid (not fully remote); Constant Contact's headquarters is in Waltham, MA (Boston metro area), though no specific city is stated in the posting.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
The $80,000–$95,000 range is labeled 'All Full Time Employees' and is quoted as an annual salary.
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