DevOps Engineer (Python & Go)

Rate: £400.00 - £460.00 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote
Clearance Required: Active SC Clearance (BPSS + SC)
Nationality Requirement: Sole UK National

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with strong Python and Go development skills to join a security-focused engineering team building automation, cloud services, and platform capabilities within a highly secure environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll develop automation tooling, integrate enterprise platforms, and support cloud-native services while driving engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, and operational excellence.

Essential Skills & Experience

Software Engineering

• Strong commercial development experience in Python and Go (Golang).
• Experience building APIs, automation tooling, backend services, and microservices.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, and code quality.

AWS & Cloud Engineering

• Hands-on AWS experience using:
  • EC2
  • S3
  • IAM
  • Lambda
  • CloudWatch
• Experience using boto3 and AWS SDK for Go.
• Experience automating cloud infrastructure and platform services.

Platform Integration

• LDAP integration and directory services management.
• HashiCorp Vault administration and secret management.
• JIRA and Confluence API integration and automation.
• Kubernetes API integration, deployment automation, and cluster operations.

DevOps & Automation

• Strong CI/CD experience using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation.
• Advanced Git usage including branching strategies, code reviews, and release workflows.
• Experience implementing automated testing within delivery pipelines.

Testing & Quality

• Python: pytest, unittest, mocking frameworks, coverage analysis.
• Go: unit testing, integration testing, table-driven tests, gomock, testify.
• Code quality tooling including:
  • flake8
  • black
  • mypy
  • golangci-lint
  • go vet
  • go fmt

Personal Attributes

We're looking for individuals who demonstrate:

• Passion for technology and continuous improvement.
• Strong initiative and ownership.
• Self-learning mindset.
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Commitment to sharing knowledge and improving team capability.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

What We're Looking For

This role is ideal for a DevOps Engineer who comes from a strong software engineering background, with hands-on expertise in Python, Go, cloud automation, platform integration, and CI/CD. You'll be comfortable working in secure environments and contributing to both engineering delivery and operational excellence.

Candidates must have strong commercial experience in both Python and Go, alongside AWS and DevOps automation expertise.

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