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software engineering specialist

Posted 3 days ago by Randstad

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Platform & Automation Engineer who combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep infrastructure-as-code (IaC) expertise.

You will own and evolve our core infrastructure, driving automation across our entire technical stack-all delivered seamlessly through unified CI/CD pipelines.

This role requires a developer background (strong Python) to ensure our infrastructure code and automation workflows adhere to modern software design standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Infrastructure as Code: Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Automation & Scripting: Develop custom automation tools, internal CLI systems, and integration scripts primarily in Python.
  • CI/CD Orchestration: Manage standard continuous delivery pipelines, integrating infrastructure updates, container deployments, and tool setups directly into developer workflows.
  • Tech Stack Delivery: Automate the provisioning and configuration of our operational ecosystem, including tools across observability (Prometheus, Elastic, Checkmk), security/compliance (Tenable, Red Hat Satellite), service registry/IPAM (NetBox), container orchestration (ArgoCD), and artifact management (Artifactory, GitLab).
  • Engineering Standards: Apply developer methodologies-such as version control, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD-to all infrastructure configurations.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Software Development Foundation: Strong background in software engineering or development, with hands-on coding experience in Python.
  • Core IaC Expertise: Proven experience with Terraform (provisioning) and Ansible (configuration management).
  • Pipeline Delivery: Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar) to ship both software and infrastructure changes.
  • Linux Environment: Solid understanding of Enterprise Linux environments (e.g., RHEL).
Rate:
£700/day
Location:
London
IR35 Status:
Not specified
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior

Take-Home Pay

£9,800 per month

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