Infrastructure Python Developer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong Python development experience.
• Hands-on API development experience using Python and FastAPI.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging and analytical skills.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience administering Kubernetes resources.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes.
• Experience working within Agile environments and using tools such as JIRA.
• Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with enterprise tooling including Control-M, TrueSight, Guardium, Tenable Nessus or Delinea.
• Exposure to HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL Database Administration.
• Knowledge of MongoDB/MongoDB Atlas.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain automation solutions for database operations and rollouts.
• Build and integrate APIs to support database management operations and automation workflows.
• Troubleshoot automation issues across scripting, APIs and containerised environments.
• Containerise and deploy applications and services using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Administer Kubernetes resources, including Pods, Ingress, Services, Secrets and CRDs.
• Contribute to build, package, testing and deployment activities across CI/CD pipelines.
• Support secure software development practices within a highly regulated environment.

Technologies:

• API
• CI/CD
• Docker
• FastAPI
• Grafana
• Support
• JIRA
• Kubernetes
• MongoDB
• OpenTelemetry
• PostgreSQL
• Prometheus
• Python
• Cloud
• DevOps

More:

We are a large-scale enterprise environment supporting the development of automation solutions designed to streamline and enhance database operations. We offer a hybrid working arrangement in Sheffield at HSBC Grosvenor House, 1 Wellington Street, Sheffield S1 4NB, with 60% office and 40% remote working. This is a contract role running until 27/11/2026, with a rate of £400 per day via PAYE Umbrella.

last updated 37 week of 2026