Network Automation Engineer - 6-Month Contract - Manchester - Inside IR35

Hamilton Barnes; Manchester; Ibrido; GBP 92.000 - 148.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

NetBrain is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to accelerate automation of incident diagnostics and operational workflows in a regulated financial services setting. The role focuses on NetBrain PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, and integration with ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum.

The candidate will automate data collection, topology, paths, configurations, and telemetry while ensuring guardrails, approvals, and auditability across enterprise networks in Manchester or London, with hybrid

Competenze

• Strong hands-on NetBrain experience in a large enterprise.
• Experience integrating platforms with ITSM/monitoring tools.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.

Mansioni

• Analyse incidents and automations to identify opportunities and design automation workflows.
• Translate troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation with guardrails and approvals.
• Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum; automate data collection and telemetry.
• Validate data with CMDB and inventory teams; develop pre/post-change checks.
• Collaborate with network teams to validate diagnostic logic in production.

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Automation mindset

Strumenti

NetBrain PDA

Dynamic Maps

Runbooks

Qapps

Data Views

Network Intent

ServiceNow

DX NetOps Spectrum

Python

Ansible

APIs/JSON

Descrizione del lavoro

Network Automation Engineer, NetBrain - 6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (Manchester/London, 12 days/month onsite)

We are looking for an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on NetBrain expertise to accelerate the automation of network incident diagnostics, evidence collection, and operational workflows within a regulated financial services environment. In this role, you'll work alongside Network Operations, Engineering, Tooling, and Service Management teams, converting repeatable troubleshooting knowledge into secure, reusable, and auditable automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse incident, alert, and service-management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities, designing, building, testing, and deploying NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, and Network Intents
• Translate existing playbooks and senior-engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows, configuring triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows with clear guardrails, approvals, and exception handling
• Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum, and other monitoring and orchestration platforms, automating collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, and telemetry
• Validate device, service, dependency, and configuration-item data with CMDB and inventory teams, developing pre/post-change validation and configuration-drift compliance checks
• Partner with L1-L3 network teams to validate diagnostic logic across representative incidents, applying secure engineering, change management, and audit requirements expected in regulated financial services

What You Will Ideally Bring

• Strong hands-on experience administering and engineering solutions on the NetBrain platform in a large, complex enterprise environment, with demonstrable delivery using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, and Network Intent
• Strong network engineering fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, NAT, ACLs) with multi-vendor troubleshooting experience across Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto, or F5
• Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM/monitoring tools, preferably ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum, plus working knowledge of APIs, JSON, and Scripting (Python, Ansible)
• Strong analytical and stakeholder-management skills, with experience working within incident, problem, and change-management processes in a controlled production environment
• Desirable, experience in banking or financial services, NetBrain certification, Splunk/ThousandEyes/Cisco Prime exposure, Git-based CI/CD practices, and experience defining value measures (MTTR reduction, diagnostic time, repeat incidents)

Contract Details

• Duration: 6 months
• Day Rate: Negotiable
• Determination: Inside IR35
• Location: Hybrid, 12 days per month onsite, Manchester or London
• Start Date: ASAP

Network Automation Engineer, NetBrain - 6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (Manchester/London, 12 days/month onsite)