Python Developer (must have current SC clearance)

Plextek; Great Chesterford; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Part time

Job summary

Plextek, an award-winning technology and engineering consultancy just south of Cambridge, seeks a Python developer to deliver software for a defence cloud environment.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams on projects spanning RF, AI/ML, embedded software, and automated tooling, with an ASAP start. The contract runs for 3 months with a potential extension, onsite 3 days a week and 2 days hybrid in Cambridgeshire.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Python applications for cloud environments.
• Familiarity with D2S is highly advantageous.
• Knowledge of DevOps pipelines and automated tooling.

Skills

Python development

D2S familiarity

DevOps pipelines

GitHub

SonarQube

Automation pipelines

Cloud environments

Tools

GitHub

SonarQube

Tecton

Job description

• Python development - software to be integrated with a defence cloud environment, familiarity with D2S would be a major advantage
• Domains: Data & AI, Automation & Tooling, DevOps & Infrastructure
• Modern devops / automated tooling /pipelines – Github, Tecton, Sonarqube
• ASAP start
• 3 month contract with option to extend
• 3 days on site, 2 days hybrid - Cambridgeshire

Plextek is an award-winning technology and engineering consultancy based just south of Cambridge, with more than 35 years’ experience solving complex engineering challenges. Working with government organisations, global companies and innovative SMEs, Plextek develops advanced technologies across areas including RF and communications, radar and sensing, embedded systems, software, AI/ML and low-SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) solutions. Its work spans sectors including defence, space and satellites, security, transport, industrial technology and healthcare.

Plextek offers the opportunity to contribute to challenging, real-world engineering programmes, often working within multidisciplinary teams from early-stage research and prototyping through to fully deployable systems. Projects can include radar, electronic warfare, autonomous systems, GPS-denied navigation, advanced communications, FPGA/DSP, RF electronics and embedded software. Plextek combines the pace and variety of a consultancy environment with significant in-house engineering expertise and a strong track record of turning innovative concepts into practical technology.