Devops Specialist (Python)
£644 per day inside ir35

Remote/Croydon occasionally

6 months+

Clearance required: BPSS + SC submission to Home Office (BPSS to activate work order)

Job Description:
Program Background: The Migration Borders Technology Portfolio (MBTP) has built and is continuously improving the platform service and functionality to transform the way the Home Office (HO) manages immigration into the United Kingdom

Experience required:
Programming & Development
* Python Development
* Proficient in building backend systems, automation tools, microservices, and APIs.
* Experienced with libraries such as boto3 (AWS), ldap3, hvac (Vault), jira, and kubernetes (via kubernetes-client).
* Proficient with modern Python features (asyncio, type hints, context managers)

AWS Services & API Integration
* Deep experience using AWS SDKs in both Python (boto3) and Go (aws-sdk-go-v2) to:
* Interact with services like EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and Lambda.

LDAP, Vault, JIRA/Confluence, Kubernetes Integration in Python & Go
* LDAP:
* Authentication and user/group management using ldap3 in Python.

Kubernetes:
* Working with the Kubernetes API in Python using the official kubernetes client.

Testing & Quality Assurance
* Python Testing:
* Experience with pytest, unittest, and mocking tools (unittest.mock, responses).