Salary: £81,000 - 126,000 per year Requirements: Active SC clearance (DV preferred) Strong hands-on experience with Python3 automation development Experience with Ansible, Puppet or Chef Scripting experience in Bash and/or PowerShell Experience automating server, network and storage technologies Exposure to large infrastructure environments Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability Experience working in Agile teams Version control experience (Git / BitBucket) Relevant certification (e.g. CCNP, VCP, RHCE, OCA) highly desirable Responsibilities: Design, develop and validate automation components for secure Defence platform Reverse engineer legacy and manual build processes into parameterised, zero-touch automation packages Produce production-quality code Contribute to design artefacts Support system testing Work within Agile teams using the Atlassian toolset Technologies: Ansible Atlassian Bash BitBucket DevOps Git Support Network PowerShell Puppet Jenkins Python More: We are a client delivering critical infrastructure automation capability across a large-scale UK Defence platform, operating within a highly secure environment. Our team is responsible for developing zero-touch, automated infrastructure solutions across complex, multi-vendor estates. We offer a day rate of up to £700, with hybrid working options based in Corsham, and provide exposure to a long-term Defence programme and modern DevOps tooling in an Agile delivery environment. last updated 9 week of 2026