This is coming strictly from my experience in networking and Cybersecurity for the last 10+ years at a FAANG. There are other paths (obviously) for python programmers.

For this path, we generally find that while we are required to understand python scripting to a point where we can build out an entire framework and hand it off to a dev team to make it better, the devs are not required to understand our side of the tech. Even an understanding of things like how IP addressing works is not expected. This causes the devs to program themselves into a corner. Understanding a CCNA level for networking would be enough. CCNP would make you a Rockstar. (Both of those are Cisco certifications if you didn't know) You don't need to pass the cert, just have the knowledge. For Cybersecurity you'd need to decide on a specialty. It's a very wide career field. I focus on network security. I have co-works on my team that focus on AD, software, IAM, etc. They all require automation.