Network Automation & Tooling Engineer

Role Specification: Network Automation & Tooling Engineer (Contract)

Programme Context:

Programme: Technology Separation (Divestiture)

Workstream: Network Separation Automation & Tooling

Engagement Type: Contract (via supplier)

Reports to: Engineering Lead / Programme Leads

Location: Remote / Hybrid (as agreed)

Purpose of the Role:

We are seeking experienced Network Automation & Tooling Engineers to join an established automation engineering team delivering network infrastructure separation as part of a large-scale corporate divestiture programme. The team is responsible for building and operating automated pipelines that provision, validate, and maintain network infrastructure, as well as delivering the full suite of network management, monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling required for both the retained and divested entities.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build, test, and deploy network configuration changes through automated CI/CD pipelines

- Develop and maintain Python-based network automation tooling using Nornir, NAPALM, and pyATS

- Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, including brownfield migration

- Build and deploy containerised services using Docker and Docker Compose

- Integrate automation workflows with Nautobot as the single source of truth for network data

- Implement GitOps practices to maintain network data integrity across environments

- Develop automation templates and services to accelerate and standardise builds across multiple network workstreams

- Contribute to the design and build of a net-new network monitoring and alerting platform

- Perform cleanup of existing monitoring platforms ahead of Day 1

- Duplicate and redeploy Nautobot and associated microservices into cloud hosting

- Perform data and configuration cleanup across all automation and tooling platforms ahead of separation

Required Skills:

- Strong routing and switching background

- Building network automation solutions using Nornir, NAPALM, and pyATS

- Building CI/CD pipelines end-to-end (GitHub Actions, Cloud Run/Fargate)

- Containerisation using Docker and Docker Compose

- Managing IaC with Terraform

- Building and maintaining Python codebases

- Familiarity with Nautobot or similar IPAM/DCIM tools

- Experience with network monitoring platforms (e.g. LogicMonitor, Solarwinds)

Working Practices:

- Agile delivery within two-week sprints

- All code and configuration submitted via pull request with peer review

- Infrastructure and automation code maintained in GitHub repositories

- Expected to leverage AI-assisted tools including Gemini, NotebookLM, GitHub Copilot, and Kiro to accelerate delivery

Skills

DevOps, Python, Terraform, CI/CD Pipeline, Network Protocols, IT Automation