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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong Python development skills, including production-quality code, modular design, error handling, logging, and testingPostgreSQL experience, including schema design, performance tuning, and operational useAbility to create clean, structured automation definitions in YAMLExperience with Git and Git-based CI/CD practicesJenkins pipeline development experience using GroovyEnterprise-scale Ansible experience using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)Grafana dashboard development and metrics interpretation experienceExperience managing Nexus or an equivalent artefact repositoryExperience integrating HashiCorp Vault and automating secrets managementDesirable: Familiarity with IBM Z, z/OS concepts, JCL, and batch schedulingDesirable: Experience with z/OS workflow tools such as IBM z/OSMF or Zowe CLIDesirable: Experience with enterprise schedulers, such as IWSDesirable: Experience with configuration drift management frameworksDesirable: API integration design experienceDesirable: Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code governance modelsDesirable: Experience with observability exporters and metrics pipelinesDesirable: Experience in regulated financial environments Responsibilities: Design and build robust automation using Python and YAMLDevelop and maintain Ansible playbooks in AAP for production orchestrationEnsure automation is idempotent, restartable, and state-awareIntegrate automation across distributed and IBM Z platforms, including z/OS job execution patterns where relevantBuild and maintain GitHub and Jenkins pipelines, including Groovy-based pipeline developmentSupport Git workflow design, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, tagging, and release patternsDesign Grafana dashboards and telemetry pipelinesIntegrate logging and metrics with enterprise observability platforms such as SplunkBuild automated compliance and configuration drift dashboardsDesign PostgreSQL schemas and automation state handlingImplement run-state tracking, job-history retention, and audit evidence captureOptimize queries and data handling for operational reliabilityImplement secure secrets handling with HashiCorp Vault and integrate Vault with CI/CD and AAP workflowsApply least-privilege principles and manage secure credential lifecyclesContribute to enterprise standards for secrets, tokens, service accounts, GitHub, Jenkins, AAP, and workflow governanceEmbed compliance verification and evidence capture into pipelinesSupport configuration drift detection and remediation automation Technologies: APIAnsibleCI/CDDevOpsGitGitHubGrafanaGroovyIBMSupportJCLJenkinsNexusPostgreSQLPythonSplunkSecurity More:
We are delivering a strategic automation and DevOps modernisation programme across IBM Z and distributed platforms. This remote role is a six-month contract with a rate of £500–£570. You will work with teams across a global estate to build resilient, auditable, and scalable automation services using technologies including Python, PostgreSQL, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, secrets management, artefact management, and observability tooling.
last updated 42 week of 2026