Network Automation Engineer

Network Automation Engineer

Job Reference Number: PG1

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires experienced Network Automation Engineers to be based at their client's offices in Manchester or London, UK

This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Manchester or London office 12 days per month.

This is a 6 month temporary contract to start ASAP

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

The Role :

Our Client is seeking an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in NetBrain to accelerate the automation of network incident diagnostics, evidence collection and operational workflows. The role will work alongside Network Operations, engineering, tooling and service-management teams to convert repeatable troubleshooting knowledge into secure, reusable and auditable automation.

Key Responsibilities:

Analyse incident, alert and service-management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities.

Design, build, test and deploy NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, Network Intents and associated templates.

Translate existing playbooks, standard operating procedures and senior-engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows.

Configure triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows for incidents and monitored events, with clear guardrails, approvals and exception handling.

Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum and other monitoring, observability and orchestration platforms using supported APIs and integration patterns.

Automate collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, logs and relevant telemetry, and make outputs available within the incident workflow.

Work with CMDB and inventory teams to validate device, service, dependency and configuration-item data required for reliable correlation and routing.

Develop pre-change and post-change validation, configuration-drift and compliance checks where prioritised by the product owner.

Partner with L1, L2 and L3 network teams to validate diagnostic logic across representative incidents, vendors and technologies.

Apply secure engineering, change m...