Full of Linux Vim and DrayTek Vigor
Still enthusiastically waiting to quit that open file any :w!!Qqq day now
This week we’ve got more Python 🐍 for Network Engineers; using Ansible for event-driven automation ⏰ on Cisco gear; Wi-Fi that works only when it rains ☔️; comparing DSL and IaC tools ⚖️; counting the cost 💲 of Observability; Tailscale is a form of magic ✨; tech that is indistinguishable from magic is hiding 😶🌫️ something and even a NetDevOps job at McDonald’s 🍔! Let’s dive in; ⬇️
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NetEng 🔧
Python For Network Engineers is an absorbing series covering everything you need to know to get familiar with the infamous programming language that’s taking over Network Engineering 🐍
Ansible Even-Driven Automation with Cisco Network Devices does what it says on the tin, YAML for your Cisco driven by stuff happening rather than stuff being clicked 🐪
BGP Unnumbered between SONiC and FRR VM is a detailed PDF walk through of setting up BGP Peerings between SONiC and FRR and well worth a read if you want to get to grips with these popular Network Operating Systems 🆓
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining becomes a “man vs tree” battle, where line of site eventually wins over line of shi… 💩
Comparing Network Automation Tools: DSLs vs GPLs is all about IaC tooling and licensing, rather than the other DSL that comes in a twisted-pair to bring Interwebs to your house 🏡
Hiring 💼
👉 Infrastructure and Network Consultant @ McDonald’s, Permie, UK, London
Network Engineer, Automation & Tooling, Fullstack @ Meta, Permie, UK, London
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager @ NVIDIA, Permie, $164k+, CA
Senior Product Manager, Mibura NetMetal @ Mibura, Permie, USA, CA
Global Network Engineer @ Patagonia, Permie, $114k+, USA, CA
Senior Engineer, DevOps @ Presidio, Permie, USA, CO/CT/TX/TN
Data Center Network Engineer @ Cisco, Permie, India, Bengaluru
Network Engineer @ Vanderbilt University, Contract, USA, TN
Senior Network DevOps Engineer @ LivePerson, Permie, Poland, Katowice
Senior Network Engineer – Cloud Solutions @ Humana, Permie, USA, Remote
Senuor Network Control Plane Engineer @ Hedgehog, Permie, USA, CA/WA
Senior Solutions Architect, Networking @ NVIDIA, Permie, USA, CA/NC/TX
Network Engineer @ NTT Data, Permie, Dubai, UAE
Software Development Engineer, Network Automation @ ByteDance, Permie, $187k+, USA, CA
Senior Network Engineer @ OzarksGo, Permie, USA, AR
Network Engineer @ OpenAI, Permie, USA, CA
Network Development Engineer @ Amazon, Permie, Ireland, Dublin
Senior Network Developer (Python/Terraform) @ Oracle, Permie, Phillippines, Makati
Network Engineer - Core Platforms @ Booking.com, Permie, Netherlands, Amsterdam
Network Developer 2 @ Oracle, Permie, $180k+, USA, TX/VA
Network Engineer @ Nebius, Permie, Netherlands, Amsterdam
Expert NetDevOps Engineer @ Veradigm, Permie, USA, IL/TX/PA
Cloud Optical Network Engineer @ Microsoft, Permie, USA, WA
Network Automation Engineer - Infrastructure Services @ CGI, Permie, Netherlands, Rotterdam
Production Services Engineer, Infrastructure Services @ Apple, Permie, $144k+, USA, CO
⭐️ NetDevOps Senior Lead SRE @ JP Morgan Chase, Permie, Argentina, Buenos Aires
Senior Network Engineer - NetDevOps @ Kunai, Permie, USA, TX/VA
Principal Infrastructure Engineer @ Anaplan, Permie, UK, London
Network Engineer, Deployment & Support @ Meta, Permie, $190k+, USA, ID
Staff Network Reliability Engineer @ Robinhood, Permie, USA, CA/NY/WA
NetDevOps Packet Architect / Principal Engineer @ Internet2, Permie, $145k, USA, Remote
Principal Network Backbone and Edge Engineer @ Roblox, Permie, $283k+, USA, San Mateo CA
Network Automation Engineer @ IP Fabric, Permie, EU (Remote)
NotEng 🤔
Why is observability so expensive? and why is Splunk so-well named considering that’s what you’ll need to do with a wad of cash to keep it running 🏃
OneUptime is the complete open-source observability platform, and is free as in open-source and worth a look 🚀
Tailscale is absolute magic; imagine if a VPN were more like a “LAN in the Cloud”, and more point-to-multipoint than point-to-point 🤯
What does it mean to listen on a port? makes you think about what’s actually going on under the hood with TCP and UDP, and why - like Highlander - there can only be one [listener on a Port] 🗡️
Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something and AI, LLM, GPT and the like are indeed “magic”, and probably quite gathering 🧙
Events 📅
NetUK 1, London, 8 - 9 July 2024
Networking Field Day 35, Silicon Valley, 10 - 11 July 2024
SANS Network Security 2024, Las Vegas, 4 - 9 September 2024
NetApp Insight, Las Vegas, 23 - 25 September 2024
Public Sector Cloud and AI Conference, Edinburgh, 24 September 2024
Network X, Paris, 8 - 10 October 2024
NANOG 92, Toronto, 21 - 23 October 2024
Industry 🏭
HE.net takes on Network Solutions for putting their DNS on Client Hold the OG of Registrars takes on the OG of Internet transit 🥊
Switching Gears: Moving Systems to VxWorks from QNX, where you may not have heard of Wind River, you’ve almost definitely used their white-labelled embedded OS without knowing it 👩✈️
What is AI networking? disagrees a bit with what we think it is, but we’ll go with what HPE has to say here 💬
BBC Ventures makes first investment into metaverse events streaming platform so you can YouTube from the tube on your Apple Vision glasses tubes 💀
Introducing SYZYGY the open standard for high-performance peripheral connectivity that is neither Ethernet, nor HDMI, nor Infiband nor anything else you know of 🤨
That’s all for this week, but if you have any tip-offs, blogs, events or job posts you’d like us to feature then please feel free to let us know at newsletter@reloadin.net 📮 and we’ll see if we can add them in 💬.