Python Software Engineer - Network Management & DDI

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Python Software Engineer – Network Management & DDI with our client located in Riverton, UT., * We are looking for a Python Software Engineer to design and develop software platforms for enterprise network and infrastructure management, with a particular focus on DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI/IPAM).

• This is primarily a software development role. You will build Python services, APIs, automation frameworks, and integrations that manage network resources and provide infrastructure capabilities as programmable, self-service services.
• You will work closely with networking, datacenter, compute, storage, and platform engineering teams to transform traditionally manual network-management processes into scalable, API-driven software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Python Software Development:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain production-quality software primarily in Python.
• Build scalable backend services, APIs, libraries, and automation frameworks for infrastructure and network management.
• Apply modern software engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, version control, API design, and software lifecycle management.
• Design software that can reliably operate across multiple datacenters and large infrastructure environments.
• Troubleshoot complex software and distributed-system problems and implement sustainable fixes.

• Network Management Software – DNS, DHCP & IPAM:

• Design and develop software solutions for enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI/IPAM).
• Build software for automated IP allocation, reservation, discovery, reclamation, and lifecycle management.
• Develop APIs and workflows for managing DNS records, DHCP configuration, subnets, address pools, leases, and related network resources.
• Build integrations between DDI/IPAM platforms and compute, networking, provisioning, cloud, and datacenter systems.
• Develop software to automate network-resource onboarding and configuration across multiple datacenters and environments.
• Help establish authoritative infrastructure data and source-of-truth models for network resources.

• APIs, Automation & Platform Integration:

• Design and implement REST APIs and other programmatic interfaces for network and infrastructure services.
• Build integrations with infrastructure platforms, CMDBs, provisioning systems, and automation frameworks.
• Develop event-driven and workflow-based automation for infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Build solutions that dynamically allocate and recycle IP addresses and other network resources for compute infrastructure.
• Integrate network-management services with bare-metal provisioning, PXE/network boot, virtualization, and cloud workflows.
• Enable infrastructure capabilities to be consumed through APIs and self-service platforms rather than manual operational processes.

• Reliability & Observability:

• Build monitoring, metrics, logging, and health-check capabilities into network-management services.
• Implement dashboards and alerting using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar platforms.
• Define and track service metrics such as availability, latency, capacity, error rates, and resource utilization.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis for software and network-management services.
• Improve reliability through automation, testing, observability, and operational tooling.

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree required

• Software Engineering:

• Strong Python programming skills and professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and developing production backend services and applications.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including:
• Object-oriented and modular software design
• REST API design
• Data structures and algorithms
• Automated testing
• Git and modern development workflows
• CI/CD
• Debugging and performance troubleshooting
• Experience developing software that integrates with external systems through APIs, databases, messaging systems, or event-driven architectures.
• Strong Linux development and troubleshooting skills.

• Networking & DDI:

• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, subnets, routing, VLANs, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience with or strong knowledge of IP Address Management (IPAM).
• Understanding of DNS zones, records, resolution, DHCP scopes, leases, reservations, and IP address lifecycle management.
• Experience developing or integrating network-management systems through APIs.
• Ability to translate networking requirements into maintainable software abstractions and automated workflows.

• Infrastructure Automation:

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with CMDB or infrastructure source-of-truth systems.
• Understanding of bare-metal provisioning and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Experience building automated infrastructure onboarding and provisioning workflows.

• Collaboration & Ownership:

• Comfortable working across software engineering, networking, compute, storage, datacenter, and SRE teams.
• Ability to take ownership of a software service from architecture and development through deployment and production operations.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn ambiguous infrastructure requirements into well-defined software solutions.
• Strong focus on automation, reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Nice To Have:
• Experience developing or operating enterprise DDI/IPAM platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox, Infoblox, BlueCat, Kea DHCP, BIND, or similar technologies.
• Experience building network automation or network management software.
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar Python frameworks.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native application development.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, or workflow engines.
• Experience with large-scale internal infrastructure platforms or Infrastructure as a Product.
• SRE or DevOps experience.
• Experience with multi-datacenter or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with PXE, network boot, OS imaging, and server bootstrap/provisioning systems.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.