Network Automation Engineer

Network Automation Engineer

📆Contract: 6 months

📍London/Hybrid

💰 Day Rate: £600 (Inside IR35)

About the Role

We’re looking for a skilled Network Automation Engineer to design, build, and enhance automation solutions across a complex network estate, with a strong focus on F5 load balancer platforms.

This role is centred on driving efficiency and reliability by reducing manual processes and enabling scalable, repeatable network operations. You’ll collaborate closely with network engineering, platform, and DevOps teams to embed modern automation practices using CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code principles.

We value demonstrated expertise over years of experience — this role is ideal for someone with a strong hands-on approach and an engineering-first mindset.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for network infrastructure, particularly F5 platforms

• Automate key operational workflows including provisioning, configuration, deployment, upgrades, validation, and decommissioning

• Build and maintain Python-based automation frameworks and services

• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs to connect network platforms with internal systems

• Write clean, maintainable, and production-ready code, supported by testing and peer reviews

• Implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines for automation delivery

• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to ensure consistency and scalability

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align automation with security and architectural standards

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across automation pipelines and network environments

• Create clear and concise technical documentation

• Contribute to evolving automation standards and best practices

What We’re Looking For

Automation & Development

• Strong Python skills, including API development, integration, and testing

• Experience writing high-quality, testable code and participating in code reviews

• Hands-on experience with:

• Bash scripting

• CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins or similar)

• Terraform

• Ansible

• Secrets management tools such as HashiCorp Vault

Networking & Infrastructure

• Solid understanding of core networking concepts:

• BGP, routing, TCP/IP

• Certificates and PKI

• Experience working with virtualisation technologies such as VMware or KVM

• Strong practical experience with F5 load balancers, including automation of:

• Configuration management

• Operational processes