Network Automation and DevOps Architect at JMS Technical Solutions
$80–$90/hrfrom the description
Jul 9, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract architect role centered on designing and building network automation platforms, with Nautobot as a core component. Day-to-day work involves creating CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code patterns, and integrations with tools like Ansible, ServiceNow, Terraform, and Kubernetes, while also leading technical discovery sessions and producing reference architectures. Suits an experienced network automation engineer with strong DevOps and platform engineering skills who can operate independently without direct reports.
Senior level · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,950–14,200
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 title contains no seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the scope (HLD authorship, platform architecture, technical leadership across teams, mentoring) firmly supports Senior.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role BUILDS automation platforms (code, pipelines, IaC) — pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers — but is also deeply rooted in network engineering and operations, which pulls toward 15-1244. 15-1252 was chosen because the primary deliverables are software artifacts (automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, APIs, plugins).
The posting is a 6–8 month contract engagement, consistent with the 'contract position' framing; the employment type is set to Contract accordingly.
Nautobot, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD are all explicitly named in the core responsibilities block as tools the architect will 'define and implement' — treated as hard gates.
ServiceNow, Ansible Automation Platform, and IPAM appear as integration targets in the responsibilities narrative rather than in a formal requirements section — treated as preferred/context.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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