Lead Network Automation Engineer
La Fosse
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 300KJob location
Tech stack
API
Bash
Cisco PIX
Linux
Python
Ansible
Prometheus
Data Logging
Grafana
GIT
Templating
Kubernetes
Hashicorp
Cisco networks
Docker
Go
Job description
- Ansible
- Arista Networks
- Cisco
- Cisco ASA
- Python, * Architect: Design and evolve the network automation framework (Source of Truth, templating, validation).
- Build: Develop idempotent automation for datacentre fabrics and integrate with vendor APIs (Arista, NetQ).
- Standardise: Capture network intent as code, ensuring rigorous peer reviews and quality gates.
- Monitor: Instrument the network with telemetry, alerting, and SLOs to drive automated remediation.
- Collaborate: Work with platform engineers to translate complex designs into automated workflows.
Requirements
- Development: Advanced Python; Go is highly preferred for performant tooling.
- Automation: Strong Ansible (roles/collections) and workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal).
- Tools: NetBox/Nautobot, Git, and network validation (pyATS, NAPALM).
- Systems: Linux networking, Bash, Docker/Kubernetes, and HashiCorp Vault.
- Observability: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and logging/tracing.
- Knowledge: Familiarity with datacentre fabrics, QoS, and high-performance networking is a plus.
About the company
This role sits within our clients Global Infrastructure team working to automate a cutting-edge, high-performance datacentre and research platform. You will build the tooling, pipelines, and guardrails that turn network intent into safe, repeatable code. This role focuses on NetDevOps practices, ensuring scalability and reliability across a global on-premise footprint.
