Engineer Briefing

Modern networks are becoming larger and more complex.

A network engineer may manage:

• Hundreds of switches.
• Thousands of users.
• Multiple data centers.
• Cloud environments.

Manually configuring every device is slow and increases the chance of mistakes.

The modern network engineer combines:

Networking + Programming

This is where network automation becomes important.

Mission Objectives

By the end of this mission, students should understand:

• Why network engineers use automation.
• How Python helps networking.
• What APIs are.
• The purpose of Ansible.
• The future role of automation in networking.