Automation Developer

Advantage Resourcing UK Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 129,000; Part time

Job summary

Certain Advantage is hiring an Automation Developer in London. The role is on a contract basis until year-end and requires hybrid work with onsite presence 3 days per week.

You will design, build, and maintain the automation ecosystem supporting key connectivity and infrastructure services across the organisation. The ideal candidate will have hands-on CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, Ansible/AAP, and scripting in Python and Bash, plus a good grasp of security practices and REST API

Qualifications

• Hands-on design, building and maintenance of automation ecosystems across connectivity and infrastructure services.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions (self-hosted runners preferred).
• Proficiency with Ansible/AAP playbooks and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Designing end-to-end automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, Terraform/OpenTofu, and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Managing lifecycle of automation tooling, upgrades, optimisation and retirement of legacy systems.
• Providing operational support, monitoring, troubleshooting and break/fix activities across the automation estate.

Skills

CI/CD

Python

Bash

REST APIs

Security best practices

Event-driven architectures

Azure cloud

Tools

GitHub Actions

AWX

Ansible Automation Platform

Terraform/OpenTofu

Job description

Certain Advantage is hiring for a Automation Developer based in London.

This role is on a initial contract basis till the end of the year and is hybrid, with employees required to be onsite 3 days per week. (High potential for an extension)

The Role

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.

Key responsibilities include:

• 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.

The Individual

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, ideally GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners.
• 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.