Senior Network Automation Engineer

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