Jean-benoit Aubin
Software Senior Principal Developer at Dell Technologies
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJean-benoit Aubin is a Software Senior Principal Developer with 11 years of experience specializing in network automation and software for carrier-grade networking. He led architecting and development of Cisco’s Genie and pyATS automation framework, contributions that helped make device output parsing (genieparser) robust for IOS/XE/XR/NXOS platforms. At Cisco he combined hands-on engineering, open-source stewardship and team leadership—earning a Pioneer Award, Cisco Live speaking engagements, and hackathon wins—before joining Dell’s 5G Open Ecosystem Labs. He is fluent in Python, Linux, and network OS internals, with deep practical knowledge of BGP/OSPF parsing and regex-driven data extraction. Based in Ottawa, he pairs a network-security computer science background from Carleton University with a knack for turning messy CLI outputs into reliable structured data—an underrated skill that powers repeatable test automation. He remains an active open-source maintainer and community-facing technologist focused on making complex networking behavior observable and testable.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Network Security - Comp Science, Bachelor's Degree, Network Security - Comp Science at Carleton University
Github Skills (11)
regular-expression10
parser10
parsing10
python10
parse10
genie10
test-automation10
ospf9
test-driven-design9
bgp9
network-automation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoTestAutomation/genieparser
Nov 2016 - Oct 2020
sub-component of Genie that parse the device output into structured datastructure
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:23 reviews, 141 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jean-benoit primarily focused on enhancing and debugging parsers for Cisco IOS XE network devices. They implemented new parsers and improved existing ones for various show commands related to OSPF, BGP, and other network features. Their work involved modifying regular expressions to extract specific data, suggesting a strong understanding of network device output formats and the ability to write effective test cases and debug issues with existing parsers. The contributions reflect an active role in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the parsing functionality within the repository.
datastructurepythontest-automationtest-automation-frameworkstructured
CiscoTestAutomation/pyats-docker
Dec 2018 - Oct 2021
Dockerfile and scripts for pyATS
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 10 months
dockerfiletest-automationdocker-imageccnaccie
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