software engineering specialist.

Randstad UK
Manchester, UK
19 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£169,000.0 - £182,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Automation of Tests Configuration Management Code Review Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Linux Python (Programming Language) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Prometheus Software Engineering CheckMK
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Delivery Pipeline Gitlab Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Software Coding Terraform Software Version Control Jenkins Artifactory

Job description

This role requires a developer background (strong Python) to ensure our infrastructure code and automation workflows adhere to modern software design standards., * Infrastructure as Code: Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.

  • Automation & Scripting: Develop custom automation tools, internal CLI systems, and integration scripts primarily in Python.
  • CI/CD Orchestration: Manage standard continuous delivery pipelines, integrating infrastructure updates, container deployments, and tool setups directly into developer workflows.
  • Tech Stack Delivery: Automate the provisioning and configuration of our operational ecosystem, including tools across observability (Prometheus, Elastic, Checkmk), security/compliance (Tenable, Red Hat Satellite), service registry/IPAM (NetBox), container orchestration (ArgoCD), and artifact management (Artifactory, GitLab).
  • Engineering Standards: Apply developer methodologies-such as version control, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD-to all infrastructure configurations.

Requirements

About the Role We are seeking a Senior Platform & Automation Engineer who combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep infrastructure-as-code (IaC) expertise. You will own and evolve our core infrastructure, driving automation across our entire technical stack-all delivered seamlessly through unified CI/CD pipelines., * Software Development Foundation: Strong background in software engineering or development, with hands-on coding experience in Python.

  • Core IaC Expertise: Proven experience with Terraform (provisioning) and Ansible (configuration management).
  • Pipeline Delivery: Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar) to ship both software and infrastructure changes.
  • Linux Environment: Solid understanding of Enterprise Linux environments (e.g., RHEL).

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