Senior Python DevOps Engineer - Infra Automation

Miller Maxwell Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Wellness package and gym allowance

Life assurance

Job summary

Miller Maxwell Ltd is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own an internally built provisioning platform and drive automation across Linux servers, with a focus on secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will modernise the deployment workflow, manage secrets with Vault-compatible tooling, speed patching, and extend the Windows and cloud management footprint. A technically deep team offers strong collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• Degree in a STEM subject and strong Python automation experience.
• Proven Python development across automation platforms.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and monitoring stacks.
• Familiarity with secret management tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve an internally developed Python-based system for building and managing Linux servers.
• Introduce Vault-compatible secrets management to replace manual credential handling.
• Speed up patching and lifecycle management across the Linux fleet.
• Move network and firewall configuration into version control and manage via PRs.
• Improve how internal applications are built, tested and released.
• Build a repeatable, hardened setup process for Windows desktops and select servers.
• Bring a small cloud footprint under the same automated, code-driven management.
• Improve alerting and monitoring to catch faults early.
• Collaborate with other engineers and peer-review work on the team.

Skills

Python automation

Python scripting

Infrastructure as code

Monitoring tools

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Vault tooling

Git

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Miller Maxwell Ltd is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own an internally built provisioning platform and drive automation across Linux servers, with a focus on secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will modernise the deployment workflow, manage secrets with Vault-compatible tooling, speed patching, and extend the Windows and cloud management footprint. A technically deep team offers strong collaboration and impact.