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Network Automation Engineer

Proactive Appointments
Ec2R6Ll, EC2R 6LL, United Kingdom
Last month
£60,000 – £75,000 pa

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£60,000 – £75,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Last month)
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Network Automation Engineer

Hybrid - Automation (Python/Ansible/Terraform) - Palo Alto

This is an engineering role focused onenterprise network design, implementation, security and modernisation. The successful candidate will take ownership of complex infrastructure initiatives, working closely with architecture teams and senior stakeholders to deliver projects from concept through to full implementation.

There is a focus on Automation(Python/Ansible/Terraform) and Palo Alto experience, particularly within a project environment rather than BAU.

Key Responsibilities

  • Implement new network and network security technologies as defined by enterprise architecture.

  • Build, configure and test network infrastructure solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.

  • Contribute to the research and recommendation of innovative technologies to improve performance, resilience and scalability.

  • Engineer solutions using enterprise blueprints and standards.

  • Design and implement resilient architectures with disaster recovery and business continuity in mind.

  • Work with technologies includingswitches, routers, firewalls, wireless platforms, SDN fabrics, load balancers, NAC and cloud networking components.

  • Provide Tier 3 engineering support for complex incidents and escalations.

  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation as required.

  • Produce and maintain detailed network documentation using Microsoft Visio.

  • Maintain and continuously improve network security posture in line with regulatory frameworks including PCI-DSS, PII, CIS and NIST.

Required Experience & Skills

  • 5–7+ years of experience designing, implementing and supporting medium to large enterprise networks (10,000+ users).

  • Palo Alto firewall platforms (Pan-OS, Threat Prevention, User-ID, GlobalProtect, HA, Prisma Access)

  • Automation and Scripting (Python/Ansible/Terraform
  • Strong hands-on experience withCisco enterprise technologies.

  • CCNP Enterprise (R&S) level knowledge required.

  • 1–2 years’ experience designing and supporting data centre spine-leaf fabrics (Cisco / Arista).

  • Experience withCisco DNA Center.

  • Experience withSD-WAN technologies (Cisco, Palo Alto ION).

  • Enterprise-scale Cisco Wireless experience (WLC, FlexConnect, CAPWAP).

Desirable Experience

  • Remote access VPN technologies.

  • Certificate lifecycle management (Venafi, PKI).

  • NAC solutions (Cisco ISE, Forescout).

  • Infoblox DNS / IPAM.

  • Cloud networking design and security principles.

  • Network monitoring tools such as SevOne, SolarWinds, Datadog or Splunk.

  • Knowledge of network security architecture, IDS/IPS, VPNs and SSL technologies.

Network Automation Engineer

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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