Senior Software Engineer (Python / Cloud Automation)

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.