At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the shift to automated network management and design innovative solutions.
- Company: Join a pioneering organisation transforming enterprise networking.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, private medical insurance, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for long-term career growth and community support.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on large-scale infrastructure with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in network automation and expertise in Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
Ready to shape the future of enterprise networking?
Join an organisation at the forefront of innovation, where you'll play a pivotal role in transforming traditional network operations into a modern, automated environment.
This is an opportunity to make a real impact while working on complex, large-scale infrastructure alongside highly skilled technical teams.
Role Overview
Location
Farnborough
Package
- Competitive salary + comprehensive benefits package
- What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the move from manual network management to automated infrastructure, driving best practice across the network estate.
- Design, build and implement automation solutions across enterprise LAN, WAN and datacentre environments.
- Develop and maintain automation using Python, Ansible and Terraform.
- Improve operational efficiency through automated provisioning, configuration management and monitoring.
- Manage and optimise centralised network management platforms, including Cisco Catalyst Center.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers and key stakeholders to deliver scalable, resilient network solutions.
- Mentor colleagues, encourage knowledge sharing and help embed modern engineering practices across the team.
- Support a highly available environment through participation in an on-call rota and operational support when required.
- Main Skills Needed
- Strong experience delivering network automation across enterprise infrastructure (non-cloud focused).
- Hands-on expertise with Python, Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience implementing or contributing to network automation transformation programmes.
- Knowledge of centralised network management and orchestration platforms, such as Cisco Catalyst Center.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including routing, switching and network security.
- Experience developing reusable automation frameworks, templates and standards.
- CCNP certification or equivalent commercial experience.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Eligible to obtain SC Security Clearance.
- What's in It for You
- The chance to lead meaningful automation initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment.
- Work on technically challenging projects using modern networking and automation technologies.
- Join a collaborative, inclusive culture that values innovation, continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
- Matched pension contribution with life assurance.
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional leave.
- Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and Dental Insurance options.
- Employee discounts covering travel, retail, restaurants, entertainment and more.
- Paid volunteering opportunities to support charities and local communities.
- Long-term career development within a growing organisation tackling complex engineering challenges.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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