Network Automation Lead – NetDevOps, Arista, Python, Ansible

La Fosse Associates; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is looking for a Network Automation Lead to develop tooling and automation frameworks. Responsibilities include designing network automation processes, integrating with vendor APIs, and collaborating with engineers. The ideal candidate has advanced skills in Python and Ansible, experience with Git, and knowledge of observability tools. This role is critical for enabling high-performance data center operations.

Benefits

Bonus

Responsibilities

• Build tooling, pipelines, and guardrails for network outcomes.
• Design and evolve the network automation framework.
• Integrate with vendor APIs and SDKs.
• Capture network intent as code.
• Instrument the network with telemetry and alerting.
• Collaborate with engineers to automate workflows.

Skills

Advanced Python development

Strong Ansible experience

Experience with Go

Proficiency in Git

Understanding of observability fundamentals

Knowledge of Linux networking

Workflow orchestration experience

Familiarity with network validation tools

Experience with containers

Understanding of secure secrets management

Tools

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Vault

NetBox

Nautobot

Job description

Job Benefits: Bonus

Network Automation Lead | NetDevOps, Python, Ansible, Arista EOS, NetQ

Responsible for building tooling, pipelines, and guardrails that turn network intent into safe, repeatable outcomes for high-performance on-premise datacentre.

• Design and evolve the network automation framework, including the source of truth, templating, validation, and change control.
• Build idempotent automation to provision and operate data centre fabrics at scale.
• Integrate with vendor APIs and SDKs, such as Arista EOS and NetQ.
• Capture network intent as code, ensuring peer reviews and quality gates are in place.
• Instrument the network with telemetry, alerting, and SLOs to drive automated remediation.
• Adhere to NetDevOps practises and share knowledge across the team.
• Collaborate with network and platform engineers to translate designs into automated workflows.
• Deliver frequent, incremental improvements through safe, tested changes.
• Monitor vendor and industry developments and propose practical adoption paths.

Skilled Required

• Advanced Python development for production-grade tools and services.
• Experience with Go (preferred) for performant tooling.
• Strong Ansible experience, including roles, collections, and YAML/JSON data models.
• Proficiency in Git, including branching, pull requests, and semantic versioning.
• Understanding of observability fundamentals, including Prometheus, Grafana, and logging and tracing.
• Experience with source of truth/CMDB systems, such as NetBox and Nautobot.
• Knowledge of Linux networking, including iptables, DHCP, and DNS, and strong Bash scripting skills.
• Ability to work with workflow orchestration, such as Temporal or equivalent.
• Familiarity with network validation and testing tools, such as pyATS and NAPALM.
• Experience with containers and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of secure secrets and configuration management, including Vault and PKI best practises.
• Experience with data centre fabrics, QoS, and high-performance networking is a plus.