At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive network integration and automation using cutting-edge technologies like Python and Terraform.
- Company: Join HCLTech, a global leader in tech with a startup mindset.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid work, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team focused on sustainability and responsible progress.
- Why this job: Make an impact with AI-driven operations and innovative network solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in network automation and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
HCLTech is a global technology company, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services.
Our purpose is to bring together the best of technology and our people to supercharge progress for everyone, everywhere - our clients, partners, their stakeholders, communities, and the planet. We are deeply focused on accelerating our ESG agenda and creating technology-enabled sustainable solutions with and for our clients and partners.
This is a fixed-term contract role.
Role Overview
The NetDevOps Consultant will drive network integration, automation, and orchestration across cloud, edge, and enterprise environments aligned to a Modern Ops and AI-first operating model. The role focuses on Network Infrastructure as Code (NetIaC), CI/CD pipelines, AI-driven operations (AIOps), observability integration, and SRE-led reliability engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage Network Infrastructure as Code (NetIaC) using Python, Ansible, and Terraform for provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitOps, APIs, and orchestration platforms (e.g., Itential) for network services.
- Automate connectivity services (VLAN, DNS, Firewall, DDI) integrated with ServiceNow and ITSM workflows.
- Drive AI/ML use cases such as WAN capacity forecasting, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and self-healing networks.
- Integrate and manage observability platforms (SolarWinds Orion, Elastic, Grafana, ZDX) for proactive monitoring and insights.
- Provide engineering and support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) and AI agent integrations.
- Ensure AI-driven compliance, security monitoring, cost optimization, and continuous network stability improvements.
- Collaborate with Cloud, IAM, SRE, and platform teams to deliver unified control plane operations across Azure, GCP, and Edge.
- Participate in design reviews focusing on resilience, failure domains, scalability, and automation readiness.
- Create reusable playbooks, pipelines, and modules for provisioning, upgrades, compliance, and backup workflows.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices in NetDevOps, automation, and reliability engineering.
- Support global 24x7 operations aligned to SRE principles (SLIs, SLOs, Error Budgets) and drive reduction in incidents via AIOps.
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