Network Automation Engineer, NetBrain - 6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (Manchester/London, 12 days/month onsite)
We are looking for an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on NetBrain expertise to accelerate the automation of network incident diagnostics, evidence collection, and operational workflows within a regulated financial services environment. In this role, you'll work alongside Network Operations, Engineering, Tooling, and Service Management teams, converting repeatable troubleshooting knowledge into secure, reusable, and auditable automation.
Key Responsibilities
Analyse incident, alert, and service-management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities, designing, building, testing, and deploying NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, and Network Intents
Translate existing playbooks and senior-engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows, configuring triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows with clear guardrails, approvals, and exception handling
Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum, and other monitoring and orchestration platforms, automating collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, and telemetry
Validate device, service, dependency, and configuration-item data with CMDB and inventory teams, developing pre/post-change validation and configuration-drift compliance checks
Partner with L1-L3 network teams to validate diagnostic logic across representative incidents, applying secure engineering, change management, and audit requirements expected in regulated financial services
What You Will Ideally Bring
Strong hands-on experience administering and engineering solutions on the NetBrain platform in a large, complex enterprise environment, with demonstrable delivery using PDA, Dynamic Maps, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, and Network Intent
Strong network engineering fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, NAT, ACLs) with multi-vendor troubleshooting experience across Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto, or F5
Experience integrating network platforms with ITSM/monitoring tools, preferably ServiceNow and DX NetOps Spectrum, plus working knowledge of APIs, JSON, and Scripting (Python, Ansible)
Strong analytical and stakeholder-management skills, with experience working within incident, problem, and change-management processes in a controlled production environment
Desirable, experience in banking or financial services, NetBrain certification, Splunk/ThousandEyes/Cisco Prime exposure, Git-based CI/CD practices, and experience defining value measures (MTTR reduction, diagnostic time, repeat incidents)
Contract Details
Duration: 6 months
Day Rate: Negotiable
Determination: Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid, 12 days per month onsite, Manchester or London
Start Date: ASAP
Network Automation Engineer, NetBrain - 6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (Manchester/London, 12 days/month onsite)
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