Network DevOps Engineer FTC 30/04/2028

About the business/role/team

About the Programme

Qualifications

• A degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience, would be advantageous.
• Relevant Cisco, automation, cloud, DevOps, ITIL or cyber security certifications would also be well regarded.
• Why join us?
• This is an opportunity to:
• Work with modern and resilient enterprise networking technologies.
• Develop deeper capability across network automation and DevOps.
• Build practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and Network as Code.
• Expand your expertise in cyber security and vulnerability management.
• Work with Software Defined Networking and cloud-connected environments.
• Contribute to important network modernisation and security initiatives.
• Build career pathways across networking, automation, security, cloud and platform engineering.
• Use modern collaboration tools to work effectively in a hybrid and flexible environment.
• Your team
• You’ll join Network Services and work alongside Network Engineers and technical specialists, collaborating with Cyber Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, delivery teams and technology partners.
• You’ll play a hands-on role in evolving Network Services towards more automated, secure, resilient and repeatable engineering practices.
• Main changes: I made the advertisement more candidate-facing, reduced internal programme language, brought the career proposition forward, and made Network + DevOps the central identity of the role rather than presenting automation as simply something the successful candidate could learn.
• Application Close:
• November 05, 2026
• You’ll have strong enterprise Network Engineering experience and a passion for using automation to make networks more secure, reliable and easier to operate.
• Enterprise routing and switching, LAN/WAN and network security.
• Complex, highly available production network environments.
• Network automation using Python, Ansible and APIs.
• Git, source control and modern DevOps engineering practices.
• CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and Network as Code.
• Network hardening, vulnerability remediation and configuration compliance.
• Troubleshooting complex network and infrastructure issues.
• Working effectively across technical, security and delivery teams.
• Experience we’d particularly value
• Cisco Catalyst Center
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco ISE
• Cisco Nexus / Nexus Dashboard
• Cisco Software Defined Access and SD-WAN
• F5 BIG-IP
• Palo Alto and Fortinet
• Terraform
• Azure DevOps, Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• ServiceNow and CMDB
• Tenable and Microsoft Defender
• Azure/cloud networking
• These technology and capability areas are reflected in the VMH Network requirements, which combine Networking/NetOps, vulnerability management, automation, DevOps, compliance and platform integration.
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Responsibilities

• You’ll work across a complex enterprise network environment and:
• Engineer and support LAN, WAN, data centre, network security and cloud-connected infrastructure.
• Develop network automation using Ansible, Python and REST APIs.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code and Network as Code approaches using Git and CI/CD practices.
• Automate configuration management, compliance validation and vulnerability remediation.
• Implement and continuously improve network hardening standards and security baselines.
• Identify configuration drift and improve automated compliance validation.
• Work closely with Cyber Security teams to assess and remediate network vulnerabilities.
• Support the response to critical and emerging network vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to network designs, automation code, implementation plans and technical documentation.
• Support complex incidents, problem management and controlled production changes.
• Integrate network platforms and automation with enterprise tooling such as ServiceNow/CMDB, Tenable and Microsoft Defender.