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# Software engineering specialist

- **Company:** Randstad UK
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Configuration Management, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, CheckMK, Delivery Pipeline, Gitlab, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Software Coding, Terraform, Software Version Control, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/software-engineering-specialist/randstad-digital-job107962295

## About the Role

* 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).

## 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.