Network Automation Engineer, NetBrain - 6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (Manchester/London, 12 days/month onsite) We are looking for an experienced Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on NetBrain expertise to accelerate the automation of network incident diagnostics, evidence collection, and operational workflows within a regulated financial services environment. In this role, you''ll work alongside Network Operations, Engineering, Tooling, and Service Management teams, converting repeatable troubleshooting knowledge into secure, reusable, and auditable automation. Key Responsibilities Analyse incident, alert, and service-management data to identify and prioritise automation opportunities, designing, building, testing, and deploying NetBrain PDAs, Runbooks, Qapps, Data Views, Dynamic Maps, and Network Intents Translate existing playbooks and senior-engineer troubleshooting practices into deterministic automation workflows, configuring triggered and interactive diagnostic workflows with clear guardrails, approvals, and exception handling Integrate NetBrain with ServiceNow, DX NetOps Spectrum, and other monitoring and orchestration platforms, automating collection of device state, topology, paths, configurations, and telemetry Validate device, service, dependency, and configuration-item data with CMDB and inventory teams, developing pre/post-change validation and configuration-drift compliance checks Partner with L1-L3 network teams to validate diagnostic ..... full job details .....