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# Automation Developer

- **Company:** Hafsa Akram
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £143,000.0 - £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Github, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Automation of Marketing, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Systems Integration, Event Driven Architecture, Restful APIs, Terraform, Webhooks
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.certainadvantage.co.uk/vacancy/automation-developer-37503/

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, ideally GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners.
 * Proven experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or OpenTofu.
 * Expertise with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and/or AWX, including playbook development and orchestration design.
 * Strong programming and scripting skills in Python and Bash.
 * Experience operating and supporting automation platforms within production environments.
 * Solid understanding of automation and CI/CD security best practices, including RBAC, secrets management, and pipeline hardening.
 * Experience integrating systems using REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
 * Familiarity with Azure cloud services and cloud-native automation approaches.

## Description

This role is for a dynamic Network Automation Developer-someone ambitious and ready to make an impact. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the automation ecosystem that supports critical connectivity and infrastructure services across the organisation., * Designing and maintaining end-to-end automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, Terraform/OpenTofu, and Ansible Automation Platform.

 * Managing the lifecycle of automation tooling, including implementation, upgrades, optimisation, and retirement of legacy systems.
 * Providing operational support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and break/fix activities across the automation estate.
 * Developing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to support scalable and repeatable deployments.
 * Building and maintaining Ansible playbooks and automation frameworks for orchestration and configuration management.
 * Implementing security best practices across automation platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure deployments.
 * Integrating automation platforms with enterprise systems using APIs, webhooks, and event-driven workflows.
 * Creating reusable templates, frameworks, and standards to improve automation consistency across teams.
 * Producing technical documentation, operational procedures, and automation standards.
 * Providing technical guidance and support to teams adopting automation capabilities.


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