Senior Network Automation Engineer - CONTRACT
Job Description
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Senior Network Automation Engineer
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SC Cleared | Manchester (2-3 days per week) | Inside IR35 | Initial Contract
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Circa £600 p/d (umbrella/inside IR35)
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This is an opportunity to help shape the future of network automation within a large-scale government environment, driving automation-first engineering practices across hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
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You'll play a key role in modernising network services, improving reliability and operational efficiency, and reducing manual effort through Infrastructure as Code and NetDevOps principles.
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Responsibilities
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- Design and develop network automation solutions across hybrid cloud environments
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure delivery
- Automate operational and low-value manual tasks
- Design secure, resilient network connectivity across AWS, Azure and OCI
- Support and enhance network services throughout the service life cycle
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives and reliability engineering
- Work across Agile, ITIL and project delivery environments
- Mentor engineers and promote automation best practice across multidisciplinary teams
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Essential Skills
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- Strong Network Automation/NetDevOps experience
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
- Configuration as Code
- CI/CD pipeline implementation and support
- Linux, Unix and Windows administration
- Python, Bash or PowerShell Scripting
- Hybrid Cloud networking (AWS, Azure and ideally OCI)
- Agile delivery experience
- Experience mentoring technical teams
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Desirable
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- Cisco automation
- Network APIs
- Git/GitHub
- Container technologies
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