At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop secure, cloud-native Python applications and enhance platform capabilities.
- Company: Join a leading tech firm focused on critical public services.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, remote work, and long-term contract until August 2027.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a secure environment using modern engineering practices.
- Qualifications: Strong Python and AWS experience, plus knowledge of CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Contract: Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid – Leeds (approximately 1 day per month on-site)
Duration: Until August 2027 (initial contract)
Rate: Up to £400 per day
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required (transferable)
You'll be responsible for developing secure, cloud-native Python applications while helping improve platform capabilities, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and developer experience across a large-scale AWS environment.
Essential Skills
- Strong commercial Python development experience
- AWS cloud development experience
- Terraform (or other Infrastructure as Code tools)
- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
- Observability and monitoring tooling
- Experience supporting production systems and incident investigation
Desirable
- Platform Engineering or DevOps experience
- Shift-left security practices
- Building reusable IaC modules and CI/CD components
- Experience promoting engineering best practices across teams
Requirements
- Active transferable SC Security Clearance
- Willingness to join an on-call rota once fully onboarded
This is an excellent opportunity to work on a highly secure, cloud-native platform supporting critical public services, alongside a collaborative team using modern engineering practices and technologies.
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