Network Automation Engineer/Technical Architect circa 6 months (till March 2027) £700-725/day Umbrella Birmingham Hybrid (with occasional travel)
REED Technology are recruiting for a Senior Network Automation Engineer to join a major enterprise technology environment delivering complex data centre and network transformation programmes.
This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of Network Automation, Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps delivery within large-scale production environments where resilience, governance and repeatability are critical.
You'll play a key role in transforming approved network designs into production-ready automation solutions, helping drive consistency and efficiency across large-scale migration and change programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Building enterprise-scale network automation solutions
- Developing Infrastructure-as-Code workflows for Cisco data centre environments
- Creating and optimising CI/CD pipelines
- Integrating with platforms such as NetBox, ServiceNow and Ansible Automation Platform
- Supporting complex migration and transformation programmes
- Automating network validation, testing and deployment activities
- Collaborating with design, delivery and operations teams
Skills & Experience
- Strong Cisco NX-OS and VXLAN EVPN experience
- Proven Python automation expertise
- Experience building automation in production environments
- Strong Git/GitOps and CI/CD knowledge
- Experience with Ansible Automation Platform
- Background in large-scale network transformation programmes
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
This role would suit a Senior Network Automation Engineer, Network DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineer or a Network Engineer who has moved into large-scale automation delivery.
If you're interested in building automation-first network solutions within a highly technical enterprise environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply using the Link Provided.