SC Cleared Python Engineer

ECS Resource Group; Greater London; Remote; GBP 74,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is seeking a Python Engineer for an initial five-month contract. This fully remote role focuses on secure Python development, package management, CI/CD, and automation to support development teams and platform services.

You will work with engineering, security and platform teams to create reliable, developer-friendly solutions and maintain reproducible environments across Windows, WSL, Linux and containers.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development with packaging and library management.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and artefact repositories.
• Familiarity with containers and reproducible environments.
• Understanding of SSO and RBAC in secure environments.
• Knowledge of SBOMs, provenance and policy-as-code.
• SC Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain secure Python and packaging golden paths.
• Develop curated package repositories and publishing workflows.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, templates and tooling.
• Integrate platform services with identity, security and runtime environments.
• Develop automated onboarding and self-service capabilities.
• Support reproducible development environments across Windows, WSL, Linux and containers.
• Troubleshoot issues and reduce workarounds.
• Improve platform reliability and performance.
• Produce technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve the platform.

Skills

Python

Packaging

CI/CD

Containers

RBAC

SBOMs

SC Clearance

Pip/PyPI/Conda

Tools

pip

PyPI

Conda

CI/CD tools

Git

Job description

SC Cleared Python Engineer

Initial 5-month Contract

Fully Remote

400 - 575 p/day, Inside IR35

We're recruiting for a Python Engineer to support the development and improvement of secure, python solutions This role will focus on Python engineering, package management, CI/CD and automation, working closely with engineering, security and platform teams to create reliable and user-friendly solutions for development teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain secure Python and package management golden paths
• Develop curated package repositories and controlled publishing workflows
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, reusable templates and developer tooling
• Integrate platform services with identity, security and runtime environments
• Develop automated onboarding and self-service capabilities
• Support reproducible development environments across Windows, WSL, Linux and containerised platforms
• Troubleshoot developer issues and reduce reliance on workarounds
• Improve platform reliability, build success, performance and supportability
• Produce clear technical documentation and support knowledge transfer
• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to gather feedback and continuously improve the platform

Requirements:

• Strong Python development skills, with hands-on experience managing packages, dependencies and internal Python libraries using tools such as pip, PyPI and Conda
• Strong Python engineering and package management experience
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation and artefact repositories
• Experience with containers and reproducible development environments
• Understanding of SSO, RBAC, security scanning and API integration
• Knowledge of SBOMs, provenance and policy-as-code
• SC Clearance

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.