Network Automation Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong enterprise networking background
• Commercial Python experience
• Hands-on Ansible experience
• Routing and switching knowledge
• Experience automating network infrastructure
• Comfortable working in project environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Desirable: Cisco enterprise networking
• Desirable: Network APIs and REST APIs
• Desirable: Git or version control systems
• Desirable: Linux administration
• Desirable: Infrastructure as Code
• Desirable: NetBox
• Desirable: Terraform
• Desirable: Data centre networking

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain network automation solutions using Python
• Automate network configuration and deployment using Ansible
• Work alongside Network Consultants on enterprise projects
• Build and improve infrastructure automation workflows
• Support enterprise networking and infrastructure transformation projects
• Produce reusable automation scripts and playbooks
• Work across customer environments to improve operational efficiency
• Collaborate with technical teams on project delivery and innovation

Technologies:

• Ansible
• Cloud
• Cisco
• Git
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• Python
• REST
• Terraform

More:

We are a specialist network engineering consultancy focused on project delivery across enterprise networking, data centre and cloud environments. We place a strong emphasis on automation, modern infrastructure and customer delivery. This is a project-focused role based in London with hybrid working, averaging 2–3 days per week in the office. We offer up to £75,000 basic salary, a 10% annual bonus, strong technical progression and the opportunity to work on technically challenging enterprise automation projects alongside experienced consultants and architects.

last updated 32 week of 2026