Network Automation Engineer - Python, CI/CD & Terraform

OpticoreIT; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare & dental

Pension

EV car salary sacrifice

Cycle-to-work scheme

Team & Company Social events

EMI share scheme

Job summary

Opticore IT is seeking Network Automation Engineers to join our automation team in large enterprise environments. Hybrid role with 2 days on site in Central London, focusing on Python-based tooling and CI/CD pipelines to deliver network changes rapidly.

You will work with Terraform, Docker, Nautobot, and GitOps practices to maintain data integrity and reliability across environments, alongside a dedicated Network Automation Architect.

Qualifications

• This role requires strong routing and switching experience in enterprise or service provider environments.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines end-to-end and deploying containerised services.
• Hands-on expertise with Python and network automation tooling (Nornir, NAPALM, pyATS).
• Familiarity with IaC tooling (Terraform) and GitOps practices.
• Experience with container orchestration patterns and data integrity workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy network configuration changes through automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop Python-based network automation tooling using Nornir, NAPALM, and pyATS.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, including brownfield migration.
• Build and deploy containerised services using Docker and Docker Compose.
• Integrate automation workflows with Nautobot as the single source of truth for network data.
• Implement GitOps practices to maintain data integrity across environments.
• Collaborate with the Network Automation Architect on design and pipeline architecture.
• Contribute to observability and telemetry for network infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Python

Nornir

NAPALM

pyATS

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Docker

Docker Compose

Nautobot

GitOps

Networking (routing & switching)

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Docker Compose

Nautobot

Job description

Opticore IT is seeking Network Automation Engineers to join our automation team in large enterprise environments. Hybrid role with 2 days on site in Central London, focusing on Python-based tooling and CI/CD pipelines to deliver network changes rapidly.

You will work with Terraform, Docker, Nautobot, and GitOps practices to maintain data integrity and reliability across environments, alongside a dedicated Network Automation Architect.