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# Software Engineer / DevOps / Platform Engineer - Government

- **Company:** La Fosse
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Transformation, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Github, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Data Processing, Software Application Programming, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Video Streaming, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.lafosse.com/pro-bono/pro-bono-looking-for-an-expert/

## About the Role

* Python: Strong hands-on development experience, including building applications, APIs, automation and data processing solutions.
 * Elastic / Elasticsearch: Experience working with Elasticsearch, including data indexing, querying, integration and optimisation.
 * Numaflow: Experience with Numaflow or similar technologies for building real-time, event-driven data processing pipelines.
 * Microsoft Azure: Experience developing, deploying and supporting cloud-based solutions.
 * DevOps / Platform Engineering: Understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure automation, deployment processes and cloud-native engineering.
 * Security Clearance: Must hold active SC or NPPV3 clearance.

Desirable Experience

 * Docker, Kubernetes and container orchestration.
 * Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform.
 * Event-driven architectures and streaming technologies.
 * GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tooling.
 * Experience delivering solutions within Government, law enforcement or other secure environments., If you have strong experience across Python, Elastic, Numaflow and Azure, alongside active SC or NPPV3 clearance, I'd be keen to speak.

## Description

This is a remote-working opportunity, suited to an engineer with strong Python development skills and experience working across cloud infrastructure, DevOps, data processing and modern platform technologies., * Design, develop and maintain scalable applications and platform services using Python.

 * Build and optimise data processing pipelines, integrating technologies such as Elasticsearch and Numaflow.
 * Develop, deploy and support cloud-based solutions within Microsoft Azure.
 * Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
 * Support the development of reliable, secure and scalable infrastructure.
 * Troubleshoot and optimise applications, integrations and platform performance.
 * Collaborate with software engineering, data and infrastructure teams to deliver robust technical solutions.