Contract type: 12 months contract with potential extension
Work model: Hybrid, with 3 days in office
Pay rate: TBC
Client: American technology company that specializes in data storage, cloud data services, and data management solutions for enterprises.
Overview
The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining an internal cloud infrastructure automation platform built in Python, including continuous improvements and feature development to ensure scalability, reliability, and efficient support for operational needs. It also involves building and enhancing testing frameworks for customer APIs to enable consistent, repeatable testing processes, with the intention of eventually handing them over to the customer’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams.
In addition, the position acts as a regional automation expert for EMEA (and supports APAC teams), helping resolve issues related to operations-focused automation tools and providing guidance on broader automation architecture. It also supports customer operations, storage, and backup teams in using existing automation frameworks, troubleshooting issues, and offering development-oriented assistance that complements traditional SRE support.
Role Functions
- Design and implement clean, maintainable object-oriented Python code for services and automation.
- Use Git, Jira, and Bitbucket for source control, branching strategies, and pull-request workflows.
- Work in an Agile team: sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, backlog refinement.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and deployment/runbook documentation.
- Troubleshoot, profile, and optimize application and automation performance.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team best practices.
- 6+ years professional experience developing in Python with strong object-oriented programming skills.
- Proven experience with Git workflows and Bitbucket (pull requests, branching strategies).
- API Design
- Microservice and Cloud Architecture Principles
- Experience working in Agile teams and familiarity with Agile ceremonies.
- Must be able to use AI-assisted development tools (code completion, LLM-assisted coding, AI-driven test generation, and AI-assisted code review) to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
- Ansible and configuration management for provisioning and automation.
- Mongo Query Development
- Strong debugging, testing (unit/integration), and CI/CD mindset
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
Desired experience
- Familiarity with storage technologies (SAN/NAS, object storage, distributed storage systems).
- Experience writing or maintaining tools in Golang.
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and observability tooling.
- Comfortable participating in and conducting code reviews.
- Familiarity with the Richardson Maturity Model
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