Network Automation Engineer

Project Global Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Global Limited is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to accelerate network incident diagnostics through NetBrain automation. The role involves converting repeatable troubleshooting into secure, auditable automation and collaborating with network operations, tooling and service-management teams.

The candidate should have hands-on NetBrain experience, strong scripting skills (Python/Ansible), and a track record of integrating platforms with ITSM and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with NetBrain in a large enterprise environment.
• Delivery of NetBrain automation using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps and Data Views.
• Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM/monitoring tools (prefer ServiceNow).
• Familiarity with APIs, JSON, and scripting (Python/Ansible).
• Understanding of network fundamentals and multi-vendor environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyse incident data to identify automation opportunities.
• Design, build, test and deploy NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks and templates.
• Translate playbooks and SOPs into deterministic automation workflows.
• Configure diagnostic workflows with guardrails and approvals.
• Automate collection of device state, topology, and telemetry for incidents.
• Work with CMDB/inventory data for reliable routing.
• Develop pre/post-change validation and compliance checks.
• Collaborate with L1/L2/L3 networks for validation.
• Ensure secure engineering, change management and audits.

Skills

NetBrain

Python

Ansible

ServiceNow

APIs

Tools

NetBrain

DX NetOps Spectrum

ServiceNow

Job description

Network Automation Engineer

Job Reference Number: PG1

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires experienced Network Automation Engineers to be based at their client’s offices in Manchester or London, UK

This is a hybrid role – you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Manchester or London office 12 days per month.

This is a 6 month temporary contract to start asap

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

The Role

Our Client is seeking an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands‑on expertise in NetBrain to accelerate the automation of network incident diagnostics, evidence collection and operational workflows. The role will work alongside Network Operations, engineering, tooling and service‑management teams to convert repeatable troubleshooting knowledge into secure, reusable and auditable automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse incident, alert and service‑management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities.
• Design, build, test and deploy NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, Network Intents and associated templates.
• Translate existing playbooks, standard operating procedures and senior‑engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows.
• Configure triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows for incidents and monitored events, with clear guardrails, approvals and exception handling.
• Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum and other monitoring, observability and orchestration platforms using supported APIs and integration patterns.
• Automate collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, logs and relevant telemetry, and make outputs available within the incident workflow.
• Work with CMDB and inventory teams to validate device, service, dependency and configuration‑item data required for reliable correlation and routing.
• Develop pre‑change and post‑change validation, configuration‑drift and compliance checks where prioritised by the product owner.
• Partner with L1, L2 and L3 network teams to validate diagnostic logic across representative incidents, vendors and technologies.
• Apply secure engineering, change management, maker‑checker, testing, rollback, access‑control and audit requirements expected in a regulated financial‑services environment.
• Produce design documentation, support procedures, test evidence, operational metrics and knowledge‑transfer material.

Key Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience administering and engineering solutions on the NetBrain platform in a large, complex enterprise environment.
• Demonstrable delivery of NetBrain automation using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views and Network Intent.
• Strong network engineering fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, NAT, ACLs, DNS, DHCP and load‑balancing concepts.
• Practical troubleshooting experience across multi‑vendor network estates such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks or F5.
• Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM, monitoring or observability tools, preferably ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum.
• Ability to interpret alarms, telemetry, configurations, routing tables, logs and packet or path information to develop reliable diagnostic logic.
• Working knowledge of APIs, JSON, regular expressions and automation or scripting technologies such as Python and Ansible.
• Experience with the complete engineering lifecycle: requirements, design, build, peer review, test, deployment, monitoring, support and controlled rollback.
• Understanding of CMDB/CI quality, service dependency mapping and their impact on event correlation and automated routing.
• Strong analytical, documentation and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to operations and engineering audiences.
• Experience working within incident, problem and change‑management processes in a controlled production environment.

Desirable

• Experience delivering network automation in banking, financial services or another highly regulated and security‑conscious enterprise.
• NetBrain product training or certification, or equivalent evidence of advanced platform capability.
• Experience with Splunk, ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, Git‑based version control and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of hybrid networks spanning data centres, campus, WAN, SD‑WAN, cloud, firewalls and application delivery.
• Exposure to SRE practices, operational telemetry, service‑level indicators and toil‑reduction programmes.
• Experience defining value measures such as reduction in MTTR, diagnostic time, manual touchpoints, repeat incidents and avoidable escalations

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