Senior Python Developer - Cloud Automation

Spectrum IT Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking a Senior Python Developer to join a government technology programme in London, offering hybrid work with two days on-site. You will help build secure enterprise platforms, write production‑quality code, and drive automation tooling across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role focuses on infra automation, IaC with Terraform, code generation via templates, and collaboration with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability and

Qualifications

• Experience building automation tools, frameworks or platforms.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• CI/CD and DevOps automation experience.
• Passion for engineering best practices, testing and code quality.
• Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Build automation frameworks and tooling using Python.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform.
• Create reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja2.
• Automate Windows environments through PowerShell.
• Manage and improve configuration management with Puppet.
• Work closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency.
• Drive infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environments.

Skills

Python

Automation frameworks

Terraform

Jinja2

PowerShell

Puppet

AWS

CI/CD

DevOps

Hybrid cloud

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Puppet

Jinja2

AWS

Job description

Senior Python Developer | Tech Lead | Principal Engineer

• London | Hybrid (2 days onsite. (London or Southampton)

Are you a Senior or Tech Lead Software Engineer who loves solving infrastructure challenges through code?

We're recruiting for an experienced Python Software Engineer to join a significant government technology project, helping to build secure enterprise customer platforms used by critical organisations. This is an opportunity to work on complex cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering challenges where your work will have a direct impact on the success of a high-profile programme.

Unlike many infrastructure roles, this is a genuinely software engineering-focused position. You'll spend your time building automation frameworks, developing internal tooling, creating Infrastructure as Code solutions, and eliminating manual processes through clean, scalable, production-quality code.

What You'll Be Doing

• Building automation frameworks and tooling using Python
• Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform
• Creating reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja2
• Automating Windows environments through PowerShell
• Managing and improving configuration management with Puppet
• Working closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency
• Driving infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environments

What We're Looking For

• Experience building automation tools, frameworks or platforms
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience
• Experience with AWS cloud services
• CI/CD and DevOps automation experience
• Passion for engineering best practices, testing and code quality
• Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.