Python Engineer - Consultancy

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Join a trusted IT services partner supporting some of the UK’s most demanding and fast-paced businesses. Established in 2013, the organization has built its reputation on technical excellence, strong people, and the successful delivery of critical IT projects with clarity and precision. Through a hands-on, collaborative approach—whether embedding specialists within client teams or managing infrastructure end-to-end—it delivers long-term value and measurable impact for its clients.

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Responsibilities:

• Rebuild and refactor Legacy automation scripts into Python-based microservices
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a new automation framework
• Analyse existing functionality and determine what should be retained, refactored, or removed
• Integrate services with infrastructure and network systems using APIs and SSH
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions
• Follow and contribute to DevOps best practices including CI/CD and version control

Support knowledge transfer and handover to internal development teams

Skills/Must Have:

• Strong Python development experience, ideally in automation or Back End systems
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices (CI/CD, Git workflows, testing)
• Experience working with Linux environments and Bash Scripting
• Experience building or contributing to microservices architectures
• Ability to develop reusable libraries and clean, maintainable code
• Familiarity with API integrations (REST, SSH or similar)

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Kubernetes or containerised environments
• Understanding of distributed systems or message queuing (eg RabbitMQ)
• Exposure to network automation or infrastructure environments
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices (SOLID, TDD)

Contract Details:

• Location: UK (Remote with occasional onsite if required)
• Duration: 12 months
• Start: ASAP

Rate: 

• £500 per day Inside IR