DevOps Engineer - Financial Services - TWE45572

DevOps Engineer (Python)

• Contract: 6-month contract - likely to extend
• Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite
• Start: ASAP

Overview:

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a crucial part in maintaining operations and stabilising existing Python-based tools. Your work will focus on completing and configuring tools, writing and maintaining lightweight scripts, and driving automation in deployments and system workflows. This is an operations-focused role, ideal for those who thrive in dynamic environments where delivering stability and resolving production issues takes priority over developing new platforms or designing from scratch.

What you'll do:

• Finalise and configure partially completed Python automation tools.
• Write, maintain, and enhance Python automation scripts.
• Automate deployment and implement operational workflows and recovery processes.
• Build and automate system health checks, as well as failure and expiry alerting.
• Support and improve production system stability and resilience.
• Work independently to solve operational challenges with sometimes incomplete tools or requirements.

What we're looking for:

• Proven Python scripting and automation experience.
• Demonstrated success automating deployments, system alerts, and health checks.
• Operational or production support mindset; experience in stabilizing live environments.
• Hands-on use of scheduling or workflow tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, Airflow, or Control M (or similar).
• Strong proficiency working with Linux platforms.
• Experience managing SSH servers.
• Ability to write and maintain Ansible scripts for automation.
• Experience in regulated or large enterprise settings (Beneficial).
• Backgrounds in application support, infrastructure engineering, DevOps-adjacent, or automation-focused roles are welcome.

Next Steps:

Apply below or reach out to me directly at - [email protected]