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Python Developer – Infrastructure & Network Automation
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Python Developer – Infrastructure & Network Automation
Location: London – Hybrid
Contract: 9 Months Initial
Rate: Up to £420 per day – Inside IR35
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Python Developer / Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join a highly technical environment focused on automating network, compute and infrastructure operations.
The ideal candidate will have a strong Python development background combined with hands-on infrastructure knowledge. This could be a Python Developer who has built automation across network, compute or middleware environments, or an Infrastructure/Network Engineer who has moved heavily into scripting and automation.
You will design and develop automation solutions that simplify infrastructure management, certification and testing, helping deliver scalable infrastructure-on-demand capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain infrastructure automation solutions using Python and Ansible.
- Automate repetitive infrastructure processes including installation, configuration, provisioning and ongoing management.
- Develop automation for network and infrastructure certification and plant management.
- Extend and integrate APIs to enable infrastructure-on-demand capabilities.
- Develop scripts, modules and tooling to automate low-level infrastructure and network configuration.
- Automate lab-based testing used in the certification of new hardware and software.
- Build reliable and reusable automation that can operate across complex infrastructure environments.
- Work with engineering teams and internal stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into well-architected technical solutions.
- Troubleshoot automation, infrastructure and integration issues across Linux-based environments.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of infrastructure and network automation processes.
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Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial development experience with Python.
- Proven experience automating infrastructure or network environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Ansible.
- Experience automating installation, configuration or management of infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, HTTP and SSL/TLS.
- Experience developing, extending or integrating REST APIs.
- Strong knowledge of Linux environments and confidence working from the command line.
- Understanding of distributed web applications and the infrastructure supporting them.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Shell/Bash or similar.
- Ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to understand requirements and design scalable solutions.
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Desirable Experience
- Experience developing custom Ansible modules.
- Experience with Terraform and/or developing Terraform providers.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.
- Network automation or Network Process Automation experience.
- Experience automating network, compute or middleware environments.
- Automated infrastructure or hardware/software testing experience.
- Experience working within lab, certification or large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments.
If you are interested please apply or send your CV to luke.sandilands@cpl.com
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