Senior Python Software Engineer (Cloud/Platform) - £400 p/d Inside IR3

Senior Python Software Engineer (Cloud/Platform) Contract: Inside IR35 Location: Hybrid - Leeds (approximately 1 day per month on-site) Duration: Until August 2027 (initial contract) Rate: Up to £400 per daySecurity Clearance: Active SC Clearance required (transferable) you''ll be responsible for developing secure, cloud-native Python applications while helping improve platform capabilities, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and developer experience across a large-scale AWS environment. Essential Skills Strong commercial Python development experience AWS cloud development experience Terraform (or other Infrastructure as Code tools) CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) Observability and monitoring tooling Experience supporting production systems and incident investigation Desirable Platform Engineering or DevOps experience Shift-left security practices Building reusable IaC modules and CI/CD components Experience promoting engineering best practices across teams Requirements Active transferable SC Security Clearance Willingness to join an on-call rota once fully onboarded This is an excellent opportunity to work on a highly secure, cloud-native platform supporting critical public services, alongside a collaborative team using modern engineering practices and technologies. ..... full job details .....