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Senior Network Automation Engineer
£40,000 - 70,000
Levy Professionals
Northampton Road 40, London
£40,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
- Advanced Python development for production-grade tools and services.
- Go (preferred) for performant tooling.
- Strong Ansible experience (roles, collections, YAML/JSON data models).
- Git proficiency including branching, pull requests, and semantic versioning.
- Observability fundamentals (Prometheus, Grafana, logging and tracing).
- Source of truth/CMDB systems (NetBox, Nautobot etc.).
- Linux networking (iptables, DHCP, DNS) and strong Bash scripting.
- Workflow orchestration (Temporal or equivalent).
- Network validation and testing tools (pyATS, NAPALM etc.).
- Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Secure secrets and configuration management (Vault, PKI best practices).
- Experience with data centre fabrics, QoS, and high-performance networking is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the network automation framework (source of truth, templating, validation, change control).
- Build idempotent automation to provision and operate data centre fabrics at scale.
- Integrate with vendor APIs and SDKs (e.g. Arista EOS, NetQ etc.).
- Capture network intent as code, ensuring peer reviews and quality gates.
- Instrument the network with telemetry, alerting, and SLOs to drive automated remediation.
- Adhere to NetDevOps practices and share knowledge across the team.
- Collaborate with network and platform engineers to translate designs into automated workflows.
- Deliver frequent, incremental improvements through safe, tested changes.
- Monitor vendor and industry developments and propose practical adoption paths.
Description
We are a forward-thinking company dedicated to leveraging network automation for efficient operations. Our team thrives on innovation and collaboration, working together to transform complex processes into streamlined, automated solutions. We offer a dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development. Join us in making impactful advancements in networking technology.
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