Senior Python Developer - Cloud Automation

Spectrum IT Recruitment; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Bonus 8-10%

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking a Senior Python Developer with Tech Lead experience to join a major government technology programme in Southampton. You will focus on building scalable cloud automation, IaC with Terraform, and platform engineering across complex environments.

The role involves collaborating with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and reliability, delivering reusable templates, and advancing security-focused infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python development experience.
• 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

• 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.
• Building CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery.
• Working closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency.
• Driving infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environments.

Skills

Python development

Automation tooling

CI/CD & DevOps

AWS cloud services

Cloud/hybrid infrastructure

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Puppet

Jinja2

Job description

Senior Python Developer | Tech Lead | Principal Engineer

Python | Terraform | IaC | Cloud Automation

Southampton | Hybrid (2 days onsite)

£100k + 8-10% bonus, private medical

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.

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
• Building CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery
• 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

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