Infrastructure Automation Engineer - 2 year Contract - Hybrid

Infrastructure Automation Engineer - 2 year Contract - Hybrid

We're seeking an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to help industrialise and automate complex infrastructure builds. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Python-led automation, configuration management, and zero-touch deployment across multi-vendor server, network, and storage environments.

This role requires active SC Clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure automation components using Python and configuration management tooling.
• Reverse engineer Legacy and manual infrastructure builds into parameterised, repeatable, zero-touch automation packages.
• Automate deployment of server, network, and storage technologies across multi-vendor environments.
• Develop automation for hardware features, services, and configurations including bare metal deployments.
• Integrate infrastructure components with external REST/SOAP APIs and services.
• Produce production-quality code using Git/Bitbucket with peer review processes.
• Create and review technical design documentation across multiple artefact levels.
• Support wider system testing and collaborate with Service Management to resolve platform issues.
• Work within an Agile delivery environment as part of a structured engineering team.

What You Will Ideally Bring

• Strong hands-on experience developing complex automation using Python (Python3 environments).
• Commercial experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Bash Scripting capability within infrastructure environments.
• Proven experience building or supporting large-scale infrastructure platforms.
• Experience automating server, network, and storage deployments.
• Knowledge of hardware-level configuration and bare metal provisioning.
• Experience integrating with REST and/or SOAP APIs.
• Strong troubleshooting capability across hardware and software failures.
• Experience working in Agile teams with version control best practices.
• At least one relevant certification (eg CCNP, VMware VCP, RHCE/RHCA, OCA) obtained within the last five years.
• Active SC Clearance (essential).

Contract Details

• Duration: 2 years (with strong extension potential)
• Day Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)
• Location: Bristol - Hybrid
• Start Date: ASAP