Platform Automation Software Engineer

Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong commercial Python development experience
• Experience building automation tools, frameworks, or platforms
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise
• Experience with AWS cloud services
• Puppet configuration management experience
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills
• CI/CD and DevOps automation experience
• Passion for engineering best practices, testing, and code quality
• Experience working in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments

Responsibilities

• Build automation frameworks and tooling using Python
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform
• Create reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja2
• Automate Windows environments through PowerShell
• Manage and improve configuration management with Puppet
• Build CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery
• Work closely with cloud, platform, and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency
• Drive infrastructure standardisation, reliability, and scalability across complex environments

Technologies

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• PowerShell
• Puppet
• Python
• Terraform
• Windows

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We are recruiting for a Senior Software Engineer to join a major long-term government technology programme, helping build large and secure customer contact and communications platforms used by critical organisations. This is a software engineering-focused role where you will work on complex cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering challenges with direct impact on a high-profile programme. The role is based in London near Liverpool Street, with a hybrid working pattern of 2 days onsite and 3 days remote. You will join a collaborative engineering culture within a global technology organisation, with modern automation, cloud, and DevOps tooling, significant technical ownership, and strong opportunities for career growth and progression.

last updated 26 week of 2026