Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Python | Terraform | AWS | Infrastructure as Code

London | Hybrid (2 days onsite near Liverpool Street) | £Competitive + Bonus & Excellent Benefits

Build the software behind the infrastructure.

If you're a Python engineer who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges through software rather than firefighting production issues, this is the role you've been looking for.

We're recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join a global technology organisation delivering a major government programme. You'll help build the automation platforms, tooling and Infrastructure as Code that underpin highly secure cloud environments supporting critical customer communications.

This isn't a traditional DevOps or Platform Engineering role.

You'll spend the majority of your time writing production-quality Python, building automation frameworks, developing internal engineering tools and eliminating manual infrastructure processes through software engineering best practice.

What you'll be working on

Designing and developing automation frameworks in Python
Building Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Creating reusable code generation platforms using Jinja2
Developing PowerShell automation for Windows environments
Managing configuration through Puppet
Building internal developer tools and automation platforms
Integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
Working alongside Cloud and Platform Engineers to improve scalability, reliability and operational efficiency

What we're looking for

You'll probably come from a Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Automation or Software Engineering background and have experience with most of the following:

Strong commercial Python development
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
AWS cloud services
Building automation frameworks or internal tooling
Jinja2 templating
Puppet or other configuration management tools
PowerShell
CI/CD pipelines
A passion for writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code

Why join?

This is an opportunity to work on one of the UK's most significant technology programmes, developing automation platforms that make a real difference to how secure cloud infrastructure is built and operated.

You'll be joining an engineering-led team where software development principles are applied to infrastructure automation, giving you the opportunity to solve complex technical problems using modern tooling and engineering best practice.

If you enjoy building software that enables engineers to work faster, safer and at greater scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Steve Wright at Spectrum IT Recruitment for a confidential discussion.

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