Technical Architect - #2138454

Technical Architect

circa 6 Months (till March 2027)

£700-725/day Umbrella

Birmingham Hybrid (with occasional travel)

REED Technology are recruiting for a Senior Network Automation Engineer to join a major enterprise technology environment delivering complex data centre and network transformation programmes.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of Network Automation, Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps delivery within large-scale production environments where resilience, governance and repeatability are critical.

You'll play a key role in transforming approved network designs into production-ready automation solutions, helping drive consistency and efficiency across large-scale migration and change programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Building enterprise-scale network automation solutions
• Developing Infrastructure-as-Code workflows for Cisco data centre environments
• Creating and optimising CI/CD pipelines
• Integrating with platforms such as NetBox, ServiceNow and Ansible Automation Platform
• Supporting complex migration and transformation programmes
• Automating network validation, testing and deployment activities
• Collaborating with design, delivery and operations teams

Skills & Experience

• Strong Cisco NX-OS and VXLAN EVPN experience
• Proven Python automation expertise
• Experience building automation in production environments
• Strong Git/GitOps and CI/CD knowledge
• Experience with Ansible Automation Platform
• Background in large-scale network transformation programmes
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

This role would suit a Senior Network Automation Engineer, Network DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineer or a Network Engineer who has moved into large-scale automation delivery.

If you're interested in building automation-first network solutions within a highly technical enterprise environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply using the Link Provided.