NetOps (Network Automation) Consultant
NetOps | Network Automation | Professional Services
📍 UK-Wide – Fully Remote (Reading office visit once per month)
💰 £70,000 – £75,000 + Car Allowance + Annual Bonus
🎓 Fully funded technical training & certifications
✈️ All travel, food & accommodation covered
THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you passionate about automating networks rather than just operating them?
We’re working with an award-winning technology consultancy that partners with some of the world’s largest enterprises to deliver automation-first transformation across networking, cloud, and infrastructure. Due to rapid UK and European growth, they’re expanding their Professional Services team with a Network Automation Consultant who enjoys solving complex challenges and working directly with customers.
This role is delivery-focused, not BAU support - perfect for engineers who want to design, build, and own automation solutions that modernise real-world enterprise environments.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
As a consultant within Professional Services, you’ll play a key role in helping customers transform how their networks are built and managed.
You’ll:
* Design and deliver network automation solutions for large-scale enterprise clients.
* Apply strong networking fundamentals to automate configuration, optimisation, and change.
* Build reusable automation using Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
* Engage with customers weekly through workshops, discovery sessions, and technical design discussions.
* Integrate APIs and automation platforms to improve efficiency and reliability.
* Collaborate with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to shape best practice solutions.
* Customer site visits typically occur 1–2 times per quarter, with all expenses fully covered.
IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
This role suits:
* Network Engineers or NOC Engineers who’ve moved into automation.
* Automation / DevOps Engineers who understand networks and want to specialise further.
* Consultants who enjoy being customer-facing and shaping technical outcomes.
If you can confidently configure networks and understand how automation enhances them, you’ll thrive here.
Key Experience (5 Core Areas):
You’ll be a strong match if you have experience in at least 4 out of the 5 areas below (4/5 still makes you a highly competitive candidate):
* Networking fundamentals & configuration (routing, switching, firewalls).
* Python programming for automation.
* Pytest (testing automation workflows).
* Ansible.
* Terraform.
Nice to Have (Desirable):
* GraphQL knowledge or exposure.
* Network automation platforms (NetBox, IP Fabric, Slurpit, Itential, Apstra).
* Vendor automation frameworks (Juniper, Arista, Nokia).
* CI/CD pipelines (GitHub / GitLab).
* REST, NETCONF, gRPC API integrations.
* Docker / Kubernetes.
* Enterprise orchestration tooling.
* Agile / Scrum experience.
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