Contract: Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Part time) Start Date: ASAP (once background checks are completed) Duration: 6 months - 20 hours a week Location: Remote UK. Possible ad-hoc occasional travel during contract Rate: £550-590 a day (Inside IR35 via umbrella solution) Reference: 20463Immediate contract for an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer with In-depth ACI expertise to join a Cloud Automation Engineering team. This contract focuses on designing, building, and evolving automation platforms and shared services that reduce manual operational effort and improve scalability across the organisation. You will be a highly autonomous engineer who can take broad direction, leverage existing documentation, and independently drive projects forward while collaborating with a globally distributed team. Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement automation-first solutions to reduce manual toil across engineering teamsBuild and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for shared platforms and servicesDevelop reusable automation components for long-term scalabilityContribute to and extend automation pipelines and frameworksAutomate and manage network infrastructure, including Cisco ACI environments, using IaC principles Enhance internal automation services and transition operational ownership to consuming teamsWork independently from high-level requirements and documented frameworksSelf-onboard and execute effectively using internal documentation (e.g., Confluence) Required Skills & ExperienceStrong background in infrastructure automation Deep hands-on experience with Terraform Experience with AWS and Azure (Azure preferred) Experience working with Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure), including automation and configurationProven ability to design and implement Infrastructure as Code across compute, cloud, and network domainsExperience delivering automation as a shared serviceHands-on experience with Ansible Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot)Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.JBRP1_UKTJ