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Head of Network Automation
£100,000 - 100,000
Netbuilder
Longwater Avenue 350, Reading
£100,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience leading network automation initiatives in telecom or enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Cisco NSO, workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., IAP), and network service orchestration.
- Solid grasp of microservices architecture, cloud-native design, and API-first development.
- Practical familiarity with digital twin concepts and their applications in telecom networks.
- Working knowledge of how AI/ML can be applied in automation and assurance.
- Experience building and presenting business cases and driving stakeholder alignment.
- Confident managing and coaching teams of senior technical leads and engineers.
- Strong reporting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Understanding of modern testing practices, including automation, CI/CD, and validation frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of network automation tech leads and engineers.
- Act as the central governance point for network automation activities, ensuring alignment with strategy, architecture, and delivery frameworks.
- Prevent tool proliferation by promoting strategic reuse and enforcing platform alignment.
- Drive consistent practices around testing, validation, and quality across all automation efforts.
- Maintain and evolve the network automation architecture, emphasizing microservices, API-first integration, and cloud-native patterns.
- Oversee platforms such as Cisco NSO, workflow engines like IAP, and orchestration technologies.
- Champion the use of digital twin concepts to support simulation, planning, and predictive automation.
- Guide the application of AI/ML techniques to enhance automation and assurance capabilities.
- Ensure visibility of team activities, priorities, and delivery milestones across squads.
- Support the end-to-end prioritisation, implementation, and tracking of automation use cases.
- Ensure automation solutions follow robust testing strategies, including CI/CD integration and test automation.
- Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to senior stakeholders effectively.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop compelling business cases for automation initiatives.
- Build strong working relationships with product owners, platform teams, and external vendors.
- Act as a key point of contact for all automation matters.
Description
We are recruiting for a strategic and experienced leader to join us as Head of Network Automation, supporting our critical automation initiatives across fixed, mobile, and B2B domains. This is a key role in leading automation architecture, governance, and delivery. You will guide a team of technical leads, provide architectural oversight, and ensure delivery is aligned to strategic goals and best practices. This is a high-impact opportunity suited to someone who can lead with clarity, ensure continuity, and drive technical and strategic outcomes. We offer a competitive salary and are looking to fill this permanent role as soon as possible. The position is based in either Paddington, London, or Brook Drive, Reading, with occasional travel to office locations as required.
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