Software / Platform Engineer (Python, Azure) (Sc / Nppv3)
Summary
Remote (UK) contract software/platform engineer supporting a UK Government data and technology transformation programme. Day to day: building Python applications, APIs and data pipelines (Elasticsearch, Numaflow), deploying to Microsoft Azure, and maintaining CI/CD and infrastructure automation. Active SC or NPPV3 clearance is essential.
Location: Remote Working (UK)
Contract: Contract Opportunity
Clearance: Active SC or NPPV3 Clearance Essential
Client: UK Government
The Opportunity
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Software Engineer / DevOps / Platform Engineer to support a major UK Government client on an exciting technology and data transformation programme.
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.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
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.
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.