Python jobs in United Kingdom

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who focuses on solving problems and designing practical solutions. You will take ownership of delivery platforms and influence technical direction across teams and clients. This role combines deep hands-on engineering with leadership, mentoring and stakeholder engagement.

You will work in agile delivery teams and help shape how DevOps is applied across enterprise environments.

Location: London

• Lead the design and improvement of CI/CD platforms and workflows
• Own complex technical problems from discovery through to solution
• Define and promote engineering standards and best practice
• Design Infrastructure as Code solutions for cloud and hybrid platforms
• Provide technical leadership within delivery teams
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers
• Review designs, code and pipelines
• Work closely with architects, product owners and stakeholders
• Communicate trade‑offs and decisions clearly
• Contribute to roadmap planning and technical strategy

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• Strong experience designing and running CI/CD pipelines
• Deep understanding of Git-based workflows

• Terraform using HCL in production environments
• Python for automation and tooling
• Experience with other languages such as Bash, PowerShell or Go

• Strong experience with one or more of:
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP

Working knowledge of multi-cloud or hybrid architectures

Understanding of identity, networking and security in cloud platforms

• Strong Linux experience
• Windows Server experience
• macOS familiarity for engineering workflows

• Good depth across:
• DNS
• TCP/IP
• Load balancing
• Firewalls and routing

• VMware experience (vSphere, ESXi or similar)
• Understanding of physical infrastructure and data centre environments

• Proven experience leading by influence, not title
• Ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly
• Comfortable challenging designs and assumptions
• Experience developing and mentoring engineers
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Able to balance delivery with longer-term improvement

• Experience working in agile delivery environments
• Comfortable working across multiple teams or clients
• Pragmatic approach to tooling and architecture
• Focus on outcomes and reliability

• Strong problem-solving and solutioning mindset
• Ownership and accountability
• Clear communication
• Technical curiosity and continuous improvement

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment.

• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month as well as commitment to charitable causes
• Time off 25 days a year
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

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