Salary: £90,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements:

Strong commercial Python development experience
Experience building automation tools, frameworks, or platforms
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience
Experience with AWS cloud services
Puppet configuration management experience
CI/CD and DevOps automation experience
Commitment to engineering best practices, testing, and code quality
Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments

Responsibilities:

Build automation frameworks and tooling using Python
Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform
Create reusable templates and code-generation platforms using Jinja2
Automate Windows environments through PowerShell
Manage and improve configuration management with Puppet
Build CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery
Work with cloud, platform, and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency
Drive infrastructure standardisation, reliability, and scalability across complex environments

Technologies:

AWS
CI/CD
Cloud
DevOps
PowerShell
Puppet
Python
Terraform
Windows

More:

Were recruiting a Senior Python Developer, Tech Lead, or Principal Engineer for a significant government technology project, building secure enterprise customer platforms used by critical organisations. This software engineering-focused role involves complex cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering challenges, with work that contributes to a high-profile programme. The position is based in London or Southampton, with a hybrid arrangement requiring two days onsite. Compensation is £100,000 plus an 8–10% bonus and private medical cover. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

last updated 45 week of 2026

Senior Python Developer - Cloud Automation

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