Palo Alto, CA

Salary
$110,926–$156,000
Posted
Jul 23, 2026
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Last confirmed open
Jul 25, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A contract role focused on network automation across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI environments. Day-to-day work involves writing and maintaining Terraform modules, building Python scripts for routine network operations, managing CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, and handling VPC/VNET change requests under a Network-as-Code approach. Best suited to someone with a solid background in cloud networking and infrastructure-as-code tooling.

Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Contract

Pay in the description: $53.33–$75/hr

Must have (6)
TerraformPythonGitGitHubAWS, Azure, GCP or Oracle Cloud InfrastructureGitHub Actions
Nice to have (6)
boto3AWS Transit GatewayRoute53Azure VNETAzure Virtual WANGCP Shared VPC

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 870 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 650–1,150

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
Terraform11%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%GitHub Actions40%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). 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 (6)

The experience requirement is stated as '58 years' — this appears to be a formatting artifact for '5–8 years'; total minimum is interpreted as 5 years.

The cloud environment requirement lists AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI but explicitly says 'any of the below', making hands-on experience with at least one cloud a hard gate rather than all four. AWS is listed as the primary with Azure/GCP/OCI as alternatives.

The role sits between 15-1252 (Software Developers) and 15-1244 (Network/Systems Admins): it writes and ships IaC/automation code (Terraform modules, Python scripts, CI/CD pipelines), which points to 15-1252, but the domain is network infrastructure operations. 15-1252 was chosen because the primary deliverables are code artifacts.

This is a hybrid contract role (3 days on-site in Palo Alto, CA; 2 days remote), running 08/03/26–01/31/27, placed by staffing firm IntelliPro on a W2 basis.

Specific AWS constructs (Security Groups, Transit Gateway, Route53), Azure constructs (NSG, Virtual WAN), and GCP/OCI constructs (VCN, DRG, Shared VPC) are listed under the cloud environments section as illustrative stack details rather than individually gated requirements; they are captured as preferred.

Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.

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