Network Automation Engineer - Python, Terraform & CI/CD

OpticoreIT Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Discretionary bonus

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare & dental

Pension

EV car scheme

Team & Company Social events

EMI share scheme

Job summary

Opticore IT in London is seeking Network Automation Engineers to join an established automation team working with Python, Terraform, Nautobot and CI/CD tooling. You will deliver network changes at pace within Enterprise environments, ensuring data integrity and reliability.

The role is hybrid with 2 days on site in Central London. You should have strong routing and switching, experience building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and hands-on with Docker, Docker Compose, and IaC using Terraform.

Qualifications

• Strong routing and switching background (enterprise/service provider environments).
• Building CI/CD pipelines end-to-end.
• Building and deploying containers using Docker and Docker Compose.
• Understanding of container orchestration patterns.
• Managing IaC with Terraform (modules, state management, providers).
• Building network automation solutions using Nornir, NAPALM, and pyATS.
• Building and maintaining Python codebases.
• Familiarity with Nautobot or similar IPAM/DCIM tools.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy network configuration changes through automated CI/CD pipeline.
• Develop and maintain Python-based network automation tooling using Nornir, NAPALM, and pyATS.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 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 network data integrity across environments.
• Collaborate with the Network Automation Architect on solution design and pipeline architecture.
• Contribute to observability and telemetry solutions for network infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Python

Nornir

NAPALM

pyATS

Terraform

IaC

Docker

Docker Compose

Nautobot

IPAM/DCIM

CI/CD

Routing & Switching

Linux

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Docker Compose

Nautobot

Nornir

NAPALM

pyATS

Job description

Opticore IT in London is seeking Network Automation Engineers to join an established automation team working with Python, Terraform, Nautobot and CI/CD tooling. You will deliver network changes at pace within Enterprise environments, ensuring data integrity and reliability.

The role is hybrid with 2 days on site in Central London. You should have strong routing and switching, experience building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and hands-on with Docker, Docker Compose, and IaC using Terraform.