Network Automation Engineer

Job Description

Senior Network Automation Engineer\n 6-month contract \n Outside IR35 \n Hybrid - 2 days a week in Manchester \n Active SC Clearance Required \n \n We're looking for a Senior Network Automation Engineer to join a consultancy delivering large-scale transformation across cloud and network infrastructure.\n \n This is a hands-on engineering role for someone passionate about Infrastructure as Code, automation and modern NetDevOps practices.\n \n You'll work within a highly skilled engineering team delivering automation-first solutions across hybrid cloud environments while improving reliability, reducing operational overhead and modernising network services.\n Key Responsibilites\n \n

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• Designing and automating cloud-based network infrastructure

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• Building Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible

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• Developing automation for network provisioning and operational tasks

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• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

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• Supporting AWS, Azure and hybrid cloud networking

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• Improving platform reliability and observability

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• Working within Agile engineering teams

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• Collaborating with Architects, Platform Engineers and Security teams

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• Driving continuous improvement and automation across network services

\nEssential Skills\n

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• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform)

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• Configuration Management (Ansible preferred)

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• CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions)

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• Linux administration and Bash/Python scripting

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• AWS and/or Azure networking

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• Kubernetes or container platform experience

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• Git and version control

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• Monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana or similar

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• Strong understanding of NetDevOps principles

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• Agile/Scrum delivery experience

\nDesirable\n

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• Cisco networking

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• Palo Alto or Fortinet

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• OCI

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• Helm

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• GitOps

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• ArgoCD

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• ServiceNow

\n\n Tech Stack\n \nTerraform Ansible AWS Azure Kubernetes Docker Git GitLab CI Jenkins GitHub Actions Linux Bash Python Prometheus Grafana Helm GitOps\n \n

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