Senior Network Automation Engineer

Posted 3 hours 8 minutes ago by Hamilton Barnes

£700 Daily
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London, United Kingdom
Job Description

Senior Network Automation Engineer - 12 months - Onsite - Inside IR35

We're currently working with one of our key partners who are looking to recruit a Senior Network Automation Engineer for an initial 12-Month contract.

The role is Onsite and Inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities

  • Designing and evolving the network automation framework (SoT, templating, validation, change control)
  • Building idempotent automation for data centre fabrics at scale
  • Integrating with vendor APIs/SDKs (Arista EOS, NetQ, etc.)
  • Capturing network intent as code with strong quality gates and review processes
  • Implementing telemetry, SLOs, and automated remediation workflows
  • Collaborating with platform, network, and research teams
  • Delivering frequent, safe, incremental improvements using NetDevOps principles

Key Skills:

  • Advanced Python for production-grade tooling
  • Go experience (preferred)
  • Strong Ansible (roles, collections, data models)
  • Solid Git workflows (branching, PRs, semantic versioning)
  • Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, logging/tracing)
  • Experience with NetBox/Nautobot or similar SoT/CMDB
  • Strong Linux networking fundamentals + Bash Scripting
  • Workflow orchestration (Temporal or similar)

Contract Details:

  • Duration: 12 months
  • Location: On Site
  • Day Rate: ~ £700 Per Day (Inside IR35)
  • Start Date: ASAP

Senior Network Automation Engineer - 12 months - Onsite - Inside IR35