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Senior Software Engineer (Python | Cloud Automation)
London | Hybrid (2 days onsite near Liverpool Street)
Are you a software engineer who loves solving infrastructure challenges through code?
We're recruiting for a Senior Software Engineer to join a major long-term government technology programme, helping build secure, large-scale customer contact and communications platforms used by critical organisations. This is an opportunity to work on complex cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering challenges where your work will have a direct impact on the success of a high-profile programme.
Unlike many infrastructure roles, this is a genuinely software engineering-focused position. You'll spend your time building automation frameworks, developing internal tooling, creating Infrastructure as Code solutions, and eliminating manual processes through clean, scalable, production-quality code.
What You'll Be Doing
Building automation frameworks and tooling using Python
Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform
Creating reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja2
Automating Windows environments through PowerShell
Managing and improving configuration management with Puppet
Building CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery
Working closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency
Driving infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environments
What We're Looking For
Strong commercial Python development experience
Experience building automation tools, frameworks or platforms
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise
Experience with AWS cloud services
Puppet configuration management experience
Strong PowerShell scripting skills
CI/CD and DevOps automation experience
Passion for engineering best practices, testing and code quality
Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments
Why Apply?
Join a major government-backed technology programme
Work on highly secure, large-scale cloud infrastructure projects
Significant engineering ownership and technical challenge
Modern automation, cloud and DevOps tooling
Hybrid working with a collaborative engineering culture
Excellent opportunities for career growth and progression within a global technology organisation
Location: London (Near Liverpool Street Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote
Hit apply to upload your CV or contact SteveWright @ spectrumit .co .uk for more info.
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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