Python Specialist – SC Cleared

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Python Specialist – SC Cleared.

This role will be Inside of IR35, so you would be required to use an FCSA Accredited Umbrella Company.

Must not have been outside of the UK for more than 6 months in the last 5 years.

Key Requirements:

• Proficient in building backend systems, automation tools, microservices, and APIs.
• Experienced with libraries such as boto3 (AWS), ldap3, hvac (Vault), jira, and kubernetes (via kubernetes-client).
• Proficient with modern Python features (asyncio, type hints, context managers).
• Development of efficient, concurrent applications and services.
• Skilled in building CLI tools, REST APIs, and interacting with external services.
• Familiar with go modules, error handling patterns, testing, and code organization.
• Deep experience using AWS SDKs in both Python (boto3) and Go (aws-sdk-go-v2) to:
  • Interact with services like EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and manage cloud resources.
  • Handle IAM roles, credential management, and secure service integrations.
  • Authentication and user/group management using ldap3 in Python.
  • Experience with enterprise directories such as OpenLDAP and Active Directory.
  • Secure secret management using the hvac Python client.
  • Automated retrieval and renewal of secrets and tokens.
  • Integration using jira and atlassian-python-api for automating tasks, ticket creation, and documentation workflows.
  • Working with the Kubernetes API in Python using the official kubernetes client.
  • Automation of deployment tasks, pod management, and cluster introspection.
• Experience with pytest, unittest, and mocking tools (unittest.mock, responses).
• Use of coverage.py for test coverage analysis and integration with CI pipelines.
• Writing unit and integration tests using the testing package.
• Familiar with table-driven tests, test coverage tooling, and mock generation (gomock, testify).