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# IT Specialist

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Continuous Integration, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Cloud Services, Policy as Code, Data Logging, SC Clearance, Kubernetes, Api Design, Terraform, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-D836505E6C511D9B43/

## About the Role

Job Overview:We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer with strong expertise in Python engineering, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines to support the development and management of secure, scalable cloud platforms. The role involves building and maintaining reusable CI/CD templates, managing package repositories and artifact promotion processes, supporting reproducible development environments across Windows, Linux, and WSL, and automating platform operations through APIs. The successful candidate will have experience with SSO/RBAC integration, logging, auditing, vulnerability scanning, SBOMs, policy-as-code, and secure software supply chain practices. An active SC Clearance is required, along with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade cloud solutions for large-scale government or commercial organisations., Technical skills

 * Strong Python engineering, including
pip, PyPI, Conda, dependency resolution and internal package publishing.

 * CI/CD pipeline development and reusable repository/pipeline templates.
 * Artefact repositories, curated package sources and promotion flows.
 * Reproducible environments, containers and Windows/WSL/Linux workflows.
 * SSO/RBAC integration, logging, audit capture and API-based automation.
 * Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, SBOMs, provenance and policy-as-code.

Non-technical skills

 * Collaborative delivery with pilot and stream-aligned teams.
 * Clear technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
 * User-focused problem-solving and responsiveness to feedback.
 * Comfortable working iteratively where requirements emerge through discovery.

## Description

* Build and maintain secure Python/package-management golden paths.
 * Implement curated repositories and controlled publishing workflows.
 * Integrate the platform with CI/CD, identity, security and runtime services.
 * Develop automated onboarding, reusable templates and self-service capabilities.
 * Troubleshoot developer blockers and reduce dependence on workarounds.
 * Improve reliability, build success, performance and supportability.


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