Network Automation Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Xcede
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Greater Manchester, UK
Summary: The Senior Network Automation Engineer role involves hands-on engineering within a consultancy focused on large-scale transformation of cloud and network infrastructure. The position emphasizes Infrastructure as Code, automation, and modern NetDevOps practices, requiring active SC clearance. The engineer will collaborate with a skilled team to deliver automation-first solutions while enhancing reliability and modernizing network services. This is a 6-month contract role based in Manchester with a hybrid working arrangement.
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
Key Skills:
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform)
- Configuration Management (Ansible preferred)
- CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitHub 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 NetDevOps principles
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
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 NetDevOps practices.
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.
Key Responsibilites
- 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 (GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitHub 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 NetDevOps principles
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience
- Cisco networking
- Palo Alto or Fortinet
- OCI
- Helm
- GitOps
- ArgoCD
- ServiceNow
Tech Stack
Terraform Ansible AWS Azure Kubernetes Docker Git GitLab CI Jenkins GitHub Actions Linux Bash Python Prometheus Grafana Helm GitOps