Network Automation Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to lead the design and development of automation tools. This role involves collaborating with a passionate team to enhance network management and operations through cutting-edge technology. You will be responsible for supporting the automation platform, improving processes, and ensuring a seamless user experience. Join a dynamic environment that values creativity and problem-solving, where your contributions will directly impact the efficiency of network operations. This position supports hybrid working, allowing for a flexible work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience with RESTful APIs and IaC principles including Terraform.
• Strong understanding of networking and firewall technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the automation platform.
• Manage multiple automation projects simultaneously.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Networking technologies

Firewall principles

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Job description

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A Network Automation Engineer, who will spearhead the design and development of our automation tooling, ensuring a seamless, dynamic and performant user experience.

The Network Automation team develops cutting-edge tools to revolutionise network management and operations. The team is a passionate function responsible for designing, preparing and deploying code that configures and maintains the Network and global content delivery network.

You will collaborate closely with others to bring our network automation tools to life, whilst contributing to the ongoing maintenance and support of our network automation and self-service platforms. Our technology stack is diverse, leveraging available APIs and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to combine all network and security technologies under a vendor agnostic abstraction tier.

This is an exciting and expanding team, combining the traditional network and new development roles.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Preferred skills and experience

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, asynchronous request handling and IaC principles, including Terraform and PostgreSQL databases.
• Understanding of content delivery technologies, including load-balancing, caching and cloud services.
• Knowledge of networking and firewall technologies and principles.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical needs.
• Exceptional creative problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic about operating autonomously in a technically challenging environment.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong team player.

Main Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining the automation platform.
• Navigating technical discussions with internal customers.
• Assisting in delivering automation projects across various enterprise functions.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously within the automation function.
• Improving processes and procedures related to automation.
• Conducting code releases and testing.
• Supporting other teams in implementing and onboarding automation solutions.
• Identifying potential capacity issues in the automation estate using available tools.
• Triaging reported issues and resolving errors through troubleshooting.
• Developing and maintaining high quality front end features for network automation tools, ensuring technical feasibility and optimising for speed and scalability.

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