Software Engineer - Python/AWS/Terraform (SC Or DV Cleared)

Senior Software Engineer - AWS/Python/Terraform

Active SC or DV Clearance Required | Government Programme | Contract | Inside IR35

Location: UK - hybrid/remote working, subject to project and security requirements
Security Clearance: Current SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance is mandatory
Engagement: Contract - Inside IR35
Sector: Government/Defence/National Infrastructure

The opportunity

We are supporting a major secure government programme building modern cloud-native and AI-enabled digital capability within a highly technical AWS environment.

The team are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong AWS, Terraform and CI/CD experience who is also comfortable working with Python.

This is not a purely infrastructure-support or systems-administration position. The role sits across DevOps automation, cloud engineering and software delivery, with engineers contributing to AWS platform capability, automated deployments, Python tooling and cloud-native services.

The role could suit either:

• An experienced AWS DevOps or Platform Engineer who regularly uses Python for automation, tooling or cloud services.




• A Python Software Engineer with strong hands-on experience across AWS, Terraform, CI/CD and containerised environments.

You do not need to come from a traditional software engineering background, but you must be able to demonstrate meaningful hands-on Python experience beyond very basic Scripting.

What you'll be doing

• Designing, building and automating secure AWS cloud environments.




• Developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.




• Building and improving CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines.




• Using Python to develop automation, engineering tooling and cloud-native components.




• Supporting the deployment and operation of Python services, APIs and Back End applications.




• Working with serverless, microservices and event-driven AWS architectures.




• Building and supporting Docker-based and containerised services.




• Improving the reliability, scalability and resilience of cloud-hosted systems.




• Troubleshooting application, deployment and infrastructure issues.




• Working closely with software, platform, cloud and security engineers.




• Contributing to technical design, engineering standards and delivery quality.




• Operating within Agile engineering teams delivering secure digital services.

Essential experience

• Current active SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance.




• Strong hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.




• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.




• CI/CD pipeline development and deployment automation.




• Commercial Python experience across automation, tooling, Scripting or application development.




• Docker and containerised environments.




• Experience supporting cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices or event-driven services.




• Git-based development and deployment workflows.




• Experience with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.




• Experience working within Agile engineering teams.

Particularly relevant AWS experience

Experience across some of the following would be highly beneficial:

• AWS Lambda




• ECS or EKS




• API Gateway




• SNS and SQS




• EventBridge




• IAM




• CloudWatch




• Serverless and event-driven architectures

Desirable experience

• Stronger Python Back End development using FastAPI or Flask.




• Kubernetes or Amazon EKS.




• DevSecOps and secure-by-design engineering.




• Observability, monitoring and automated alerting.




• REST APIs and distributed systems.




• Ansible, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.




• AI or LLM integration.




• Previous delivery within government, defence or another highly regulated environment.




• AWS certifications.

The environment

This is a modern, fast-moving and highly collaborative engineering environment. The team work across software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering and cloud automation, with a strong focus on practical delivery, automation and engineering quality.

It is an excellent opportunity for a cleared DevOps or Platform Engineer who wants to work closer to application delivery, or a Python engineer who enjoys operating across both code and cloud infrastructure.

Clearance requirement

Applicants must already hold active SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance . Unfortunately, candidates who are only eligible for clearance or whose clearance has expired cannot be considered.