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Altice USA · 3 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Automation

USA.NY.Bethpage-1111 Stewart

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$134K/yr - $220K/yr

8+ years exp

Altice USA is a leader in the telecommunications industry, seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Automation to enhance network automation and operational intelligence. This role involves technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and collaboration to develop advanced solutions for large-scale telecommunications operations.

Communications Infrastructure

Responsibilities

Lead a team of engineers delivering infrastructure automation, telemetry ingestion pipelines, and intelligent tooling

Define and enforce engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD, and systems reliability

Provide architectural direction for systems involving Kafka, Kubernetes, observability tooling, and distributed backend services

Architect and build scalable software solutions using Python, Go, and Java to support core network operations and infrastructure automation

Design and maintain APIs, service integrations, and event-driven workflows that interact with platforms like CMTSs, DHCP, DNS, and RADIUS

Maintain production-quality codebases, performing code reviews and driving platform stability

Oversee Linux system configurations, performance tuning, and automation at the OS level

Leverage Ansible, Git, CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins), and system-based service orchestration to manage infrastructure

Implement automation that reacts to SNMP traps, syslog streams, and telemetry from DOCSIS plant equipment

Partner with architects and network leadership to prototype, evaluate, and scale technologies including: Kafka and related event processing tools (e.g., Flink); Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh patterns; Observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)

Contribute to reference architectures for network telemetry, alert correlation, and intelligent remediation

Serve as a bridge between software, network, and operations teams to ensure solutions align with operational workflows

Engage with NOC, Network Planning, Security, and DevOps stakeholders to validate requirements and maintain reliability standards

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews and career development

Foster a culture of technical excellence, shared responsibility, and continuous learning

Qualification

PythonKubernetesKafkaUnix/Linux administrationGoJavaEvent-driven architecturesObservability toolingNetwork automationMentoringCross-functional collaborationDocumentation skills