Building Agile and Programmable Networks using NetDevOps
Today's organizations operate in a complex environment where they must quickly ramp up and down their operations. The key aspect of such a changing environment is to ensure that organizations can accommodate future advancements and volatile changes
NetDevOps presents a significant shift in how network infrastructures are managed and operated. By embracing automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, organizations can achieve more agile, reliable, and secure networking environments capable of supporting the dynamic needs of modern businesses.
HCLTech NetDevOps services focus on integrating automation and collaboration in each phase of the network lifecycle and implementing best practices like shift left testing, security, compliance and process optimization through tools.
A Comprehensive Tool Stack to Build NetDevOps Workflow
HCLTech follows a six-step approach to build an end-to-end workflow. We use various tools in each step to manage network build, configuration, testing and enhanced monitoring capabilities. By combining automation, version control, and CI/CD principles, we enable efficiency and reliability in network operations.y to achieving your desired digital transformation goals aligned with your business requirements.
Organizations Need the Right Workforce to Implement NetDevOps
HCLTech hosts a talent pool of Network Reliability Engineers (NRE) who own the entire NetDevOps integrated model, building the blameless culture in organizations. NRE will be a key facilitator a problem solver between customers, apps and infra developers. NRE will be able to envision the future technology state of the customer and adopt best practices like agile, DevOps and network programmability.
NRE Quickstart
Engage with customer’s business functions and CXO’s to understand where NRE teams can be embedded
Automation
Network programmability through SDN, NFV, hardware abstraction
DevNetOps
Creation of CI, CD, CR pipeline with application developers, operations and customer teams
Enterprise Digital Experience Center
End-to-end managed services (assess, consult, transform, execute, and implement)
The HCLTech Advantage
in overseeing multi-vendor network modules effectively
in managing day 2 CI/CD pipeline operations for global customers
IP and proprietary tools
experienced network consultants
HCLTech NetDevOps solutions
NetDevOps is the practice of applying DevOps principles—such as automation, version control, and continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD)—to network engineering and operations. It treats network configurations as code, enabling teams to design, test, and deploy network changes quickly, consistently, and securely & making networks agile, programmable, and aligned with modern digital business needs.
NetDevOps helps enterprises modernize their networks through automation, CI/CD pipelines, and seamless collaboration across teams. It enables faster service rollouts, consistent configurations, and proactive issue resolution. Organizations typically see up to 35% toil reduction, 25% faster incident recovery, and 30% quicker product releases — driving a more agile and reliable network infrastructure.
HCLTech’s NetDevOps approach is a modern framework for managing and operating network infrastructures by applying DevOps principles to networking. It focuses on automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement to make network operations more agile, efficient, and reliable. The framework replaces manual, error-prone tasks with automated workflows and unified processes that keep the network consistent and easy to update. With dedicated Network Reliability Engineers (NREs) and an agile way of working, we use Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and real-time analytics to make deployments faster, reduce errors, and support the move toward programmable, future-ready networks.
Traditional network management is legacy-driven and prone to downtime challenges with automation being task-oriented & workflow oriented, hence often working on isolation or silos. NetDevOps, on the other hand takes a holistic approach, acts as single source of truth, enabling automation, programmability and collaboration between network, application and operations teams with more integrated modules, processes, governance & tooling for more agile network infrastructure.
HCLTech Network Reliability Engineers (NREs) are versatile experts who can wear any hat required during the process — acting as engineers, analysts, or architects based on the need. bridge the gap between infrastructure, applications, and operations teams. They drive automation, ensure compliance, implement CI/CD pipelines, and foster a blameless culture that promotes continuous improvement and agility.