Automation Engineer

Salary: £130,000 - 136,500 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on Python development and scripting experience
• Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Experience building and integrating REST APIs
• Strong background within SASE, network security or secure networking
• Experience automating enterprise networking or cybersecurity environments
• Good understanding of networking concepts including routing, firewalls, VPNs and secure connectivity
• Experience working within cloud or hybrid infrastructure environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks
• Hands-on experience with Prisma Access
• Knowledge of Palo Alto Networks APIs and automation capabilities
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab, GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience working within large enterprise security environments

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop automation solutions across enterprise SASE and network security environments
• Automate configuration, deployment and operational processes using Python
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Develop integrations using REST APIs
• Automate security and networking workflows across cloud and SASE platforms
• Work closely with network, security and engineering teams to identify opportunities for automation
• Improve repeatability, scalability and reliability across security infrastructure
• Support automated provisioning, configuration management and platform integrations
• Troubleshoot automation scripts, API integrations and infrastructure deployments

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GCP
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Support
• Jenkins
• Network
• Prisma
• Python
• REST
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

More:

We are seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to join a long-term programme focused on automating and improving enterprise SASE and network security environments. This is a 12-month, fully remote contract based in the UK, offering £500-£525 per day outside IR35. We are looking for someone with a strong network security and SASE background and hands-on experience building automation around security platforms, infrastructure and APIs.

last updated 39 week of 2026