Network Automation Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-04
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability, Network Engineer
Senior Network Automation Engineer
6-month contract Outside IR35 Hybrid - 2 days a week in Manchester Active SC Clearance Required
We’re looking for a Senior Network Automation Engineer to join a consultancy delivering large‑scale transformation across cloud and network infrastructure. This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone passionate about Infrastructure as Code, automation and modern Net Dev Ops practices. You will 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.
Key Responsibilities- Designing and automating cloud‑based network infrastructure
- Building Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible
- Developing automation for network provisioning and operational tasks
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Supporting AWS, Azure and hybrid cloud networking
- Improving platform reliability and observability
- Working within Agile engineering teams
- Collaborating with Architects, Platform Engineers and Security teams
- Driving continuous improvement and automation across network services
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform)
- Configuration Management (Ansible preferred)
- CI/CD (Git Lab, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions)
- Linux administration and Bash/Python scripting
- AWS and/or Azure networking
- Kubernetes or container platform experience
- Git and version control
- Monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana or similar
- Strong understanding of Net Dev Ops principles
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience
- Cisco networking
- Palo Alto or Fortinet
- OCI
- Helm
- Git Ops
- ArgoCD
- Service Now
Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Git, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Linux, Bash, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, Helm, Git Ops
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