Automation & Platform Engineer

Your Role

This role focuses on building the execution layer for autonomous network operations. The Automation & Platform Engineer will design, implement, and operate automation workflows, orchestration pipelines, intent-to-configuration processes, platform services, API gateways, and cloud-native infrastructure required to execute autonomous network actions safely and reliably.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation workflows for autonomous network use cases.
• Build intent-to-configuration pipelines that translate validated intents into network actions.
• Develop reusable automation playbooks, templates, modules, and orchestration workflows.
• Implement automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support integration with vendor EMS/NMS, SDN controllers, cloud platforms, OSS, inventory, assurance, and orchestration systems.
• Build secure API-based execution frameworks using REST APIs, TMF Open APIs, NETCONF/RESTCONF, gRPC, Graph APIs, and vendor-specific APIs.
• Implement execution guardrails including policy validation, approval gates, rollback mechanisms, dry-run checks, and audit logging.
• Develop platform capabilities for AI/LLM-driven agents to safely trigger network actions.
• Support deployment and operation of AI platforms such as Vertex AI or similar.
• Integrate with vector databases, graph APIs, data pipelines, MCP servers, and automation backends.
• Support Kubernetes-based deployment of automation services, agent services, APIs, and microservices.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code for platform environments and network automation resources.
• Ensure automation platforms meet security, compliance, availability, observability, and operational resilience requirements.
  
  

Your Profile

• Experience in network automation, platform engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, or telecom automation.

Experience building secure automation for production telecom environments.

If you're excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we stillencourage you to apply, your unique experience could be just what we need.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• Exposure to top global companies working withCapgemini (145 of the Fortune 500 companies)
• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini
  
  

Capgemini Is Proud To Be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) Under The UK Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. As Part Of Our Commitment To Inclusive Recruitment, We Will Offer An Interview To All Candidates Who

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.
  
  

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Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance OR Developed Vetting.
• Location: This is a permanent role with Capgemini, offering a hybrid working model. The client is based in Newbury and occasional travel to the client site will be required.
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusivefuture is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We havebuilt a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.
  
  

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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