Application Developer

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup in London (Hybrid) / remote within the UK is seeking an Application Developer (DevOps) for a 12-month, umbrella-only contract for a nationally critical public sector programme.

The role involves configuring infrastructure with Ansible, developing with Python on AWS, and supporting CI/CD via GitLab, UNIX admin with Bash on RHEL, and testing with Behave/Cucumber alongside a delivery team.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience configuring infrastructure and applications with Ansible.
• Solid Python capability and practical AWS cloud experience.
• Experience working with GitLab pipelines.
• Confidence with UNIX administration, including Bash scripting and RHEL environments.
• Experience with Behave/Cucumber for testing.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support infrastructure, middleware, and applications using Ansible.
• Develop and maintain solutions using Python and AWS cloud services.
• Support CI/CD through GitLab pipelines.
• Carry out day-to-day UNIX administration and scripting using Bash.
• Work with RHEL operating systems to keep environments stable and performant.
• Contribute to development and testing using Behave/Cucumber.
• Develop, test, and maintain application capabilities within the programme alongside an existing delivery team.

Skills

Ansible

Python

AWS

UNIX administration

Bash

RHEL

Behave/Cucumber

Tools

GitLab

Job description

Application Developer (DevOps)
Location: London (Hybrid) / Remote within the UK

UK Citizen status with 5 years UK residency and currently based in the UK

Duration: 12 months

UMBRELLA ONLY

If you're a DevOps-minded Application Developer who enjoys shaping reliable platforms and improving how teams deliver, this is a great opportunity to support nationally critical work with a reputed client. You'll join a team focused on environment management, development and maintenance, and Java feature development and testing-making a real impact for public sector infrastructure.

What you'll be doing:

• Configure and support infrastructure, middleware, and applications using Ansible
• Develop and maintain solutions using Python and AWS cloud services
• Support CI/CD through GitLab pipelines
• Carry out day-to-day UNIX administration and scripting using Bash
• Work with RHEL operating systems to keep environments stable and performant
• Contribute to development and testing using Behave/Cucumber
• Develop, test, and maintain application capabilities within the programme alongside an existing delivery team

What you'll bring:

• Strong hands-on experience configuring infrastructure and applications with Ansible
• Solid Python capability and practical AWS cloud experience
• Experience working with GitLab pipelines
• Confidence with UNIX administration, including Bash scripting and RHEL environments
• Experience with Behave/Cucumber for testing

Additional information:

• You’ll be working on a tender under the DALAS Lot 3 framework, supporting Borders & Trade needs as part of a nationally critical programme
• Hybrid arrangements are available (London York Road), with remote options within the UK