Python DevOps Engineer

Description

Job Title: DevOps Engineer (UK)

Overview:

Own and evolve our Jenkins Shared Library powering multi-language builds (Java/Maven, Node/NPM, Python, Helm, Terraform, containers). Deliver fast, secure, provenance-rich pipelines (SLSA, SBOM, digests) and strengthen supply‑chain integrity across teams.

Core Responsibilities:

Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps (build, test, package, scan, deploy).

Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest accuracy, and security scan aggregation (SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, SAST/Container).

Optimize performance (parallel builds, caching, scope-reduced BOMs, dependency prefetch).

Ensure artifact integrity (correct SHA1/SHA256 mapping, reproducible inputs, evidence modeling).

Refactor legacy scripts (remove global state, consolidate hashing, standardize templates).

Document ci-config.yaml standards and usage patterns.

Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices.

Troubleshoot and prevent pipeline incidents.

Essential Skills:

7+ years engineering; 3+ in CI/CD platform or DevSecOps.

Strong Jenkins + Groovy shared library expertise.

Advanced Python automation (JSON/YAML processing, tooling scripts).

Deep Maven/NPM/Python packaging knowledge; exposure to Helm/Terraform and container image metadata.

Supply-chain security (SLSA, CycloneDX SBOM, digests).

Experience with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, container and SAST scanning.

Proven performance tuning (caching, parallelization, dependency pruning).

Compliance Awareness.

Nice-to-Have:

Artifact g / attestations (cosign, OCI).

Terraform module and Helm chart publishing patterns.

GitOps or release automation Experience.

GCP/AWS cloud Experience

Soft Skills:

Precise communicator

documentation discipline. -

Ownership mindset, able to operate with minimal supervision.

Skills

• Python

Job Title: Python DevOps Engineer

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Type: Contract

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