Job Description n Network Automation Engineer n Job Reference Number: PG1 n 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 n This is a hybrid role – you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Manchester or London office 12 days per month. n This is a 6 month temporary contract to start ASAP n Day rate: Competitive Market rate n The Role : n 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. n Key Responsibilities: n n Analyse incident, alert and service-management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities. n Design, build, test and deploy NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, Network Intents and associated templates. n Translate existing playbooks, standard operating procedures and senior-engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows. n Configure triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows for incidents and monitored events, with clear guardrails, approvals and exception handling. n Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum and other monitoring, observability and orchestration platforms using supported APIs and integration patterns. n Automate collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, logs and relevant telemetry, and make outputs available within the incident workflow. n Work with CMDB and inventory teams to validate device, service, dependency and configuration-item data required for reliable correlation and routing. n Develop pre-change and post-change validation, configuration-drift and compliance checks where prioritised by the product owner. n Partner with L1, L2 and L3 network teams to validate diagnostic logic across representative incidents, vendors and technologies. n Apply secure engineering, change management, maker-checker, testing, rollback, access-control and audit requirements expected in a regulated financial-services environment. n Produce design documentation, support procedures, test evidence, operational metrics and knowledge-transfer material. n n Key Requirements: n n Strong hands-on experience administering and engineering solutions on the NetBrain platform in a large, complex enterprise environment. n Demonstrable delivery of NetBrain automation using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views and Network Intent. n Strong network engineering fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, NAT, ACLs, DNS, DHCP and load-balancing concepts. n Practical troubleshooting experience across multi-vendor network estates such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks or F5. n Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM, monitoring or observability tools, preferably ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum. n Ability to interpret alarms, telemetry, configurations, routing tables, logs and packet or path information to develop reliable diagnostic logic. n Working knowledge of APIs, JSON, regular expressions and automation or Scripting technologies such as Python and Ansible. n Experience with the complete engineering life cycle: requirements, design, build, peer review, test, deployment, monitoring, support and controlled rollback. n Understanding of CMDB/CI quality, service dependency mapping and their impact on event correlation and automated routing. n Strong analytical, documentation and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to operations and engineering audiences. n Experience working within incident, problem and change-management processes in a controlled production environment. n n Desirable: n n Experience delivering network automation in banking, financial services or another highly regulated and security-conscious enterprise. n NetBrain product training or certification, or equivalent evidence of advanced platform capability. n Experience with Splunk, ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, Git-based version control and CI/CD practices. n Knowledge of hybrid networks spanning data centres, campus, WAN, SD-WAN, cloud, Firewalls and application delivery. n Exposure to SRE practices, operational telemetry, service-level indicators and toil-reduction programmes. n Experience defining value measures such as reduction in MTTR, diagnostic time, manual touchpoints, repeat incidents and avoidable escalations n n Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone n If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, plea
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