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London / £700 - £740 day

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SALARY:

£700 - £740

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LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Head of Automation Development (Contract) - £740/day - Inside IR35 - Remote UK

I'm supporting a major UK telecoms business hiring a Head of Automation Development to lead a 30+ person engineering function across multiple domains. You'll be responsible for scaling delivery across several development squads, owning engineering standards, and driving the wider automation strategy at CTO level.

This is a great opportunity for someone who's led automation at scale in a large enterprise environment, ideally with some exposure to infrastructure, networks, or OSS systems.

Key details
* £740/day
* Inside IR35
* Fully remote
* Initial 6-month contract with likely extension
* Immediate start preferred

You'll be responsible for:
* Leading and scaling multiple automation development squads (internal and external)
* Setting engineering best practices across a 30+ developer community
* Backlog shaping, resource planning, and cross-team allocation
* Driving end-to-end automation across Plan, Provide, and Assure functions
* Liaising with architecture, product, and vendor stakeholders
* Contributing to the automation roadmap and exploring new tools and libraries
* Mentoring team leads and identifying training needs across squads

Tech landscape includes:
* Python, JavaScript, Jinja2, XML, JSON
* Cisco NSO, Ansible, NetMiko, Docker
* Itential IAP, Appian, Resolve
* YANG, TOSCA, TMF/MEF
* CI/CD: GitLab, Robot, Selenium, Cucumber, Veracode, SonarQube

You'll need:
* Experience leading automation or platform engineering teams at enterprise scale
* Strong technical background with hands-on understanding of Python and automation frameworks
* Confident working with internal and external teams across multiple squads
* Ability to translate technical challenges into strategic delivery plans
* Telecoms or network transformation exposure is a bonus, not a requirement

If you're a hands-on leader who enjoys scaling teams, setting standards, and building technical strategy, I'd be happy to share more details.

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Thomas Savidge

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