Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Network Automation
Drive adoption of Forward's network automation capabilities in a senior technical marketing role with a focus on product and market execution.
Posted by employer 5 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Partner with Product Management to define automation capabilities
- Design customer workflows for automation features
- Build and maintain lab environments for demos
- Develop technical collateral for internal audiences
- Represent Forward at customer meetings and industry events
Must have
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer or similar role
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts
- Experience with NetDevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with network automation tooling
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of data query languages
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts
- Working knowledge of Linux administration
- Experience presenting at conferences
- Familiarity with Forward or similar platforms
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Network Automation at Forward Networks, the individual will focus on translating complex automation capabilities into practical workflows and technical content for various stakeholders. Key skills include a strong grasp of enterprise networking, experience with automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, and familiarity with CI/CD practices. This position is ideal for someone with over eight years of experience in technical marketing or engineering roles, who can effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences. The role also offers the chance to influence product direction and engage with the broader network engineering
Joblaze insights
- Listed 3 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Forward Networks's careers page September 19, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Sales/Marketing roles (median ~$140,000).
- Starts above 57% of 44 comparable senior sales/marketing roles in United States that list Python we track (median $187,000 across 15 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 3.8% of 1568 comparable senior sales/marketing roles in United States; Ansible appears in 0.1% of 1568 comparable senior sales/marketing roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Network Automation role remote?
- Yes — Forward Networks lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Forward Networks lists $200,000–$230,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Network Automation role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: API, Ansible, CI/CD, Python, REST APIs, Terraform.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Forward Networks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Network Automation role at Forward Networks.
From the original posting
As a Senior Network Automation TME, you will sit at the intersection of product and go-to-market execution. You will translate Forward's differentiated automation capabilities — network queries, verification-as-code, API-driven workflows, and CI/CD-style change validation — into compelling automation workflows, technical content, and field enablement that resonate with network automation practitioners and decision-makers.
This is a non-quota-carrying, highly technical, and externally visible role with meaningful influence on product direction and market positioning.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Management to define, validate, and shape automation-related capabilities and use cases.
- Design and evangelize customer workflows that realize the value of automation features, including NQE (Network Query Engine), APIs, and CI/CD-driven verification.
- Enhance existing product integrations and build new ones to expand automation and interoperability across the broader network and IT ecosystem.
- Build and maintain lab environments to support demos, technical validation, and automation use-case exploration.
- Develop high-quality technical collateral for internal audiences, including training materials, demo guides, and sales enablement content.
- Collaborate with Marketing to create external-facing assets such as whitepapers, solution briefs, blogs, presentations, and videos.
- Enable Sales and Solutions teams with automation-focused demos, messaging, and technical training.
- Represent Forward at customer meetings, webinars, and industry events, including networking and automation conferences and trade shows.
- Contribute thought leadership on network automation trends and Forward's role in modern NetDevOps and intent-based networking architectures.
- Gather field and market feedback to influence product roadmap and automation positioning.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer, Sales Engineer, Network Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, and network change management.
- Experience with NetDevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure-as-code workflows applied to networking.
- Familiarity with source control (Git), API integration, and building automation against network data models.
- Hands-on experience with network automation tooling and frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python, REST APIs, or similar).
- Experience working with complex enterprise networks across on-prem, virtualized, and cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform and familiarity with virtualization and containerized environments.
- Proven ability to build and operate lab environments for demos and technical validation.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Networking, or a related field.
- Ability to work effectively across Product, Sales, and Marketing teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of data query and transformation languages (e.g., GraphQL, JSONPath, or a query engine such as Forward's NQE).
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and hands-on experience exploring AI-driven use cases in network operations or data analysis.
- Working knowledge of Linux administration.
- Familiarity with Forward or similar network visibility, verification, or analytics platforms.
- Experience presenting at conferences, webinars, or customer-facing technical events.
The base pay range for this role is between $200,000 and $230,000. Base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
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