Lead Python Engineer

Secure Innovation is part of CGI's Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit, focused primarily on the delivery of contemporary and innovative technical solutions for the government agencies most challenging problems. Our teams work alongside our clients to help them understand how to exploit technologies to maintain competitive advantage. Our systems are engineered for performance, security, reliability and scalability; built with modern CI and CD tooling and techniques. We are currently looking for an experienced Python Software Engineer to join our team - being able to think outside of the box to overcome technical challenges is essential!

Mandatory requirements:

At least 7 years of experience using Python for OOP and functional programming

Experience of leading software development teams and mentoring of junior members

Experience of unit, integration and end-to-end testing with a delivering 'quality' mindset

Experience creating designs and documentation

Experience of working with data processing pipelines

Working knowledge of DevOps and Cloud/virtualisation Platforms

A passion for learning new technologies and innovation

Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable:

. Experience of working on AWS

Experience of working with Elastic and Kibana

. Containerisation experience such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift

. Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc

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