Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS, Python & Terraform (SC/DV)

La Fosse; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a government-focused AWS/Python/Terraform environment on a contract basis. The role spans DevOps automation, cloud engineering and software delivery, requiring hands-on AWS, Terraform, Python, and CI/CD expertise.

You will design, build and automate secure AWS cloud environments, develop IaC with Terraform, and contribute to automated deployment pipelines while collaborating with security and platform engineers in an Agile setting.

Qualifications

• Current active SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance.
• Strong hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• CI/CD pipeline development and deployment automation.
• Commercial Python experience across automation, tooling, scripting or application development.
• Docker and containerised environments.
• Experience supporting cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices or event-driven services.
• Git-based development and deployment workflows.
• Experience with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Experience working within Agile engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and automating secure AWS cloud environments.
• Developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Building and improving CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines.
• Using Python to develop automation, engineering tooling and cloud-native components.
• Supporting the deployment and operation of Python services, APIs and backend applications.
• Working with serverless, microservices and event-driven AWS architectures.
• Building and supporting Docker-based and containerised services.
• Improving the reliability, scalability and resilience of cloud-hosted systems.
• Troubleshooting application, deployment and infrastructure issues.
• Working closely with software, platform, cloud and security engineers.
• Contributing to technical design, engineering standards and delivery quality.
• Operating within Agile engineering teams delivering secure digital services.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Docker

Git

Serverless

Agile

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

La Fosse is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a government-focused AWS/Python/Terraform environment on a contract basis. The role spans DevOps automation, cloud engineering and software delivery, requiring hands-on AWS, Terraform, Python, and CI/CD expertise.

You will design, build and automate secure AWS cloud environments, develop IaC with Terraform, and contribute to automated deployment pipelines while collaborating with security and platform engineers in an Agile setting.