Network Automation Engineer

Network Automation Engineer 💰 £450/day (Inside IR35) 📍 London/Manchester (2/3 days pw onsite) 📅12-Month Contract Our client is looking for an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on NetBrain expertise to automate network incident diagnostics, evidence collection and operational workflows within a large enterprise environment. This is a hands-on network automation role where you'll convert troubleshooting knowledge, operational playbooks and network engineering processes into secure, reusable and auditable NetBrain automation. You'll work closely with Network Operations, Engineering, Tooling and Service Management teams within a regulated financial services environment. Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy NetBrain automation across enterprise network environments.
• Develop PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps and Network Intents.
• Translate network troubleshooting playbooks and SOPs into automated diagnostic workflows.
• Automate network incident diagnostics and evidence collection.
• Build triggered and interactive workflows for incidents, alerts and monitored events.
• Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum and other monitoring/observability platforms.
• Automate collection of device state, topology, network paths, configurations, logs and telemetry.
• Develop pre-change/post-change validation, configuration drift and compliance checks.
• Work with CMDB/inventory teams to improve device, service and dependency data used by automation.
• Partner with L1/L2/L3 Network Engineering teams to validate diagnostic logic.
• Develop integrations and automation using APIs, JSON, Python and Ansible.
• Apply secure engineering, change control, testing, rollback and audit requirements.
• Produce technical designs, test evidence, support documentation and operational metrics.
• Help reduce MTTR, manual troubleshooting and avoidable escalations through automation. Essential Skills
• Strong hands-on NetBrain administration and engineering experience within large enterprise environments.
• Proven NetBrain automation experience using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views and Network Intent.
• Strong Network Engineering and troubleshooting background.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, BGP and OSPF.
• Knowledge of VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, NAT, ACLs, DNS and DHCP.
• Multi-vendor networking experience across technologies such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto and F5.
• Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM, monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience with ServiceNow and/or DX NetOps Spectrum.
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON and regular expressions.
• Automation/scripting experience using Python and/or Ansible.
• Experience interpreting network alarms, telemetry, configurations, routing tables, logs and path information.
• Understanding of CMDB, Configuration Items and service dependency mapping.
• Experience working within controlled incident, problem and change management processes. Desirable Skills
• Banking / Financial Services experience.
• NetBrain training or certification.
• Splunk and ThousandEyes.
• Cisco Prime.
• Git / version control and CI/CD.
• Hybrid networking across data centre, campus, WAN, SD-WAN and cloud.
• SRE and operational telemetry experience.
• Experience implementing network automation focused on MTTR reduction and operational toil reduction. Please apply with your CV and we'll be in touch. Thank you!