SC Network Automation Engineer

Senior Network Automation Engineer (SC Cleared)

• Contract: 6 months
• IR35: Outside IR35
• Location: Hybrid (2 days/week onsite in Manchester / Greater Manchester)
• Security Clearance: Active SC clearance required

Overview

We’re hiring a Senior Network Automation Engineer to join a consultancy delivering large-scale transformation across cloud and network infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building automation-first platforms, applying Infrastructure as Code, and embedding modern NetDevOps practices.

You’ll work within a high-performing engineering team to modernise network services across hybrid cloud environments, improving reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and automate cloud-based network infrastructure
• Build Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform (and Ansible)
• Develop automation for network provisioning and operational run tasks
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network/infrastructure delivery
• Support AWS, Azure, and hybrid networking environments
• Improve platform reliability, monitoring, and observability
• Work within Agile/Scrum delivery teams
• Collaborate closely with Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Security teams
• Drive continuous improvement across automation and network service delivery

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong Terraform experience (Infrastructure as Code)
• Configuration management (Ansible preferred)
• CI/CD experience (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Linux administration + scripting (Bash / Python)
• AWS and/or Azure networking experience
• Exposure to Kubernetes / container platforms
• Strong Git / version control habits
• Monitoring/observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
• Solid understanding of NetDevOps principles
• Experience delivering in Agile environments

Desirable / Nice to Have

• Cisco networking
• Firewall platforms: Palo Alto and/or Fortinet
• OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Helm, GitOps, ArgoCD
• ServiceNow experience

Tech Stack (Current/Typical)

Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Linux, Bash, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, Helm, GitOps