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<br />Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform<br />Creating reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja2<br />Automating Windows environments through PowerShell<br />Managing and improving configuration management with Puppet<br />Building CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery<br />Working closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency<br />Driving infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environmentsWhat We're Looking For Strong commercial Python development experience<br />Experience building automation tools, frameworks or platforms<br />Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise<br />Experience with AWS cloud services<br />Puppet configuration management experience<br />Strong PowerShell scripting skills<br />CI/CD and DevOps automation experience<br />Passion for engineering best practices, testing and code quality<br />Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environmentsWhy Apply?

Join a major government-backed technology programme<br />Work on highly secure, large-scale cloud infrastructure projects<br />Significant engineering ownership and technical challenge<br />Modern automation, cloud and DevOps tooling<br />Hybrid working with a collaborative engineering culture<br />Excellent opportunities for career growth and progression within a global technology organisationLocation:

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