Network automation developer

Salary: £29,000 - 58,000 per year Requirements: Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, ideally GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners. Proven experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or OpenTofu. Expertise with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and/or AWX, including playbook development and orchestration design. Strong programming and scripting skills in Python and Bash. Experience operating and supporting automation platforms within production environments. Solid understanding of automation and CI/CD security best practices, including RBAC, secrets management, and pipeline hardening. Experience integrating systems using REST APIs and event-driven architectures. Familiarity with Azure cloud services and cloud-native automation approaches. Responsibilities: Design and maintain end-to-end automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, Terraform/OpenTofu, and Ansible Automation Platform. Manage the lifecycle of automation tooling, including implementation, upgrades, optimisation, and retirement of legacy systems. Provide operational support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and break/fix activities across the automation estate. Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to support scalable and repeatable deployments. Build and maintain Ansible playbooks and automation frameworks for orchestration and configuration management. Implement security best practices across automation platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure deployments. Integrate automation platforms with enterprise systems using APIs, webhooks, and event-driven workflows. Create reusable templates, frameworks, and standards to improve automation consistency across teams. Produce technical documentation, operational procedures, and automation standards. Provide technical guidance and support to teams adopting automation capabilities. Technologies: Ansible Azure Bash CI/CD Cloud GitHub Support Marketing Network Python REST RBAC Security Terraform More: We are Certain Advantage, hiring a Network Automation Developer based in London on an initial contract basis until the end of the year. This is a hybrid role with three days onsite each week and a high potential for extension. We work across the UK to find the best people in Finance, Marketing, IT and Engineering, and we focus on helping talented professionals find roles where they can make an impact and grow their careers. last updated 25 week of 2026