Job Description
Job Title: DevOps Engineer (Python)
Inside IR35, £450 per day
Clearance required: SC cleared
Nationality requirement: Single National
Location: Remote
Our Central Government client is looking for a DevOps Engineer with Python experience to work on a highly visible government project.
This DevOps Engineer will be required to build Back End systems, automation tools, microservices, REST APIs, and CLI tools using Python and Go (Golang). In Python, you will leverage modern features such as Asyncio, type hints, and context managers, alongside libraries including boto3, ldap3, hvac, Jira, and Kubernetes-client.
In Go, you will develop concurrent applications and services, utilizing go modules, standard error handling patterns, testing, and structured code organization to interact with external services.
Your role will involve deep API integration across cloud and enterprise platforms using AWS SDKs (boto3 and aws-SDK-go-v2) to manage resources, automate infrastructure provisioning, and handle IAM roles, credentials, and secure integrations across EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
Additionally, you will integrate Python and Go solutions with enterprise directories (OpenLDAP and Active Directory via ldap3), HashiCorp Vault (using hvac for automated secret and token retrieval and renewal). Knowledge of CI/CD Pipelines will be key in this role.
You must be currently SC cleared to be considered for this opportunity.
£440.00 - £450.00/day