Senior Network Automation Engineer - 12 months - Onsite - Inside IR35 We''re currently working with one of our key partners who are looking to recruit a Senior Network Automation Engineer for an initial 12-Month contract.The role is Onsite and Inside IR35. Key Responsibilities Designing and evolving the network automation framework (SoT, templating, validation, change control) Building idempotent automation for data centre fabrics at scale Integrating with vendor APIs/SDKs (Arista EOS, NetQ, etc.) Capturing network intent as code with strong quality gates and review processes Implementing telemetry, SLOs, and automated remediation workflows Collaborating with platform, network, and research teams Delivering frequent, safe, incremental improvements using NetDevOps principles Key Skills: Advanced Python for production-grade tooling Go experience (preferred) Strong Ansible (roles, collections, data models) Solid Git workflows (branching, PRs, semantic versioning) Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, logging/tracing) Experience with NetBox/Nautobot or similar SoT/CMDB Strong Linux networking fundamentals + Bash Scripting Workflow orchestration (Temporal or similar) Contract Details: Duration: 12 months Location: On Site Day Rate: - £700 Per Day (Inside IR35) Start Date: ASAP Senior Network Automation Engineer - 12 months - Onsite - Inside IR35