Network Automation Engineer

Arcus Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus Search is seeking a Network Automation Engineer for a London-based, inside IR35 contract. You will focus on automating networking tasks, building IaC with Python, and developing APIs and tools to scale the network.

Ideal candidates bring strong software engineering background, knowledge of networking fundamentals (firewalls, routing & switching), and experience with Puppet/Ansible/Terraform. The role runs for 12 months with ongoing project pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering with network automation.
• Proficient in IaC and Python or similar.
• Experience building APIs and scalable network tooling.
• Strong understanding of networks, firewalls, routing & switching.

Responsibilities

• Automate networking tasks and build IaC solutions.
• Develop APIs/tools to scale networks.
• Collaborate with platform teams and security.
• 12-month contract with long-term project pipeline.

Skills

Software engineering

IaC

Python

APIs

Networking basics

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Urgent Network Automation Engineering opportunity - Quant Trading - London - Inside IR35

• Looking for a top tier Network Automation Engineer who has a solid background in Software Engineering
• The philosophy is to automate everything, you will be adept at building IaC solutions using Python or similar
• You'll also have experience building API's and tools that make the network scalable
• Alongside this, you'll bring a dep understanding of networking fundamentals including firewalls, protocols, routing & switching etc.
• Any background with Platform tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Terraform etc. will also be utilised very well

This is an initial 12 month contract with 36 months of projects pipelined right now.