Network Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Contract: Network Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Part time)

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Start Date: ASAP (once background checks are completed)
Duration: 6 months - 20 hours a week
Location: Remote UK. Possible ad-hoc occasional travel during contract
Rate: £550-590 a day (Inside IR35 via umbrella solution)
Reference: 20463

Immediate contract for an experienced Network Infrastructure Automation Engineer with In-depth Cisco ACI expertise to join a Cloud Automation Engineering team. This contract focuses on designing, building, and evolving automation platforms and shared services that reduce manual operational effort and improve scalability across the organisation.
You will be a highly autonomous engineer who can take broad direction, leverage existing documentation, and independently drive projects forward while collaborating with a globally distributed team.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement automation-first solutions to reduce manual toil across engineering teams
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for shared platforms and services
Develop reusable automation components for long-term scalability
Contribute to and extend automation pipelines and frameworks
Automate and manage network infrastructure, including Cisco ACI environments, using IaC principles
Enhance internal automation services and transition operational ownership to consuming teams
Work independently from high-level requirements and documented frameworks
Self-onboard and execute effectively using internal documentation (e.g., Confluence)

Required Skills & Experience

Strong background in infrastructure automation
Deep xwzovoh hands-on experience with Terraform
Experience with AWS and Azure (Azure preferred)
Experience working with Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) , including automation and configuration
Proven ability to design and implement Infrastructure as Code across compute, cloud, and network domains
Experience delivering automation as a shared service
Hands-on experience with Ansible
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot)
Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.