Automation Software Developer

Client: a global leader in cloud data services and data management, with its UK operations playing a critical role in supporting enterprise hybrid cloud and storage infrastructure across the EMEA region.

As a solo contributor based in the UK, you will act as the critical bridge between EMEA Operations and a US-based automation development team. You will be responsible for integrating UK-specific operational requests into a formal, US-controlled automation pipeline for a global financial leader.

Contract type: 12 months fix term contract

• Serve as a local EMEA advocate for automation, supporting EMEA and APAC teams with issues related to currently available Operations task focused automation, especially where expertise in the customer’s broad automation architecture is required.
• Serve as the primary UK point of contact for automation, troubleshooting SRE-related issues and enhancing existing frameworks.
• Design and build testing frameworks to enable regular, repeatable testing of customer APIs, with eventual handoff to the customer’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team.
• Support customer operations and storage/backup teams by helping them navigate the existing automation framework and troubleshoot issues.
• This is adjacent and supportive of the service from SRE team, providing an application‑development‑centric complement to SRE services.

• Python Mastery:
  Expert‑level Python development focused on heavy REST API integration.
• Data Management:
  Proficiency in Mongo Query Development and JSON/JSON Schema.
• Enterprise Storage:
  Working knowledge of NAS, Object, and File storage (Block/File/Object).
• Operational tools:
  Linux sysadmin; heavy Splunk usage; JIRA/JSON.

• Containerization (major players like Docker/K8s - not niche; future direction, no external cloud/on‑prem hybrid).
• JSON Schema; CI/CD exposure.

• Maintenance mindset:
  Handling code evolution, corner cases, enhancements.