Python Developer

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Hemel Hempstead

We are looking for an enthusiastic Python Developer with a pragmatic style and great analytical skills. You will have a keen sense of architecture, security, resilience and performance that allows you to spot solutions that work and those that don't. You'll be continually learning and have an eye on the tech coming over the horizon.

Key Responsibilities

• As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for developing software projects within a specific area e.g. Service orchestration, NFV; Enterprise; Cloud; Test Driven Development
• Working autonomously and typically without supervision of more senior designers (although will consult with them) and providing technical guidance to more junior designers
• Designing and implementing a configuration management system for networking equipment.
• Building a pipeline for automatically configuring, testing, and monitoring warehouse networks

Key Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Python development. Preferably in a telco environment.
• A passion for automation and a clear capacity to adopt a Developers mentality in a busy, pressurised (but fun) operations environment.
• Experience in: Linux, Google Cloud Platform, SDK, Puppet, Shell/Bash, Ruby/Python, Web Servers (NGINX),Logstash/Kibana/ELK
• You are familiar with Git and other version control systems, understand branching and merging.
• Continuous integration for developing applications (Jenkins, GIT, Nexus, Artifactory or alternative tools)
• You are familiar managing complex routing and redirection through software and network devices and can analyse traffic and system load to remove bottlenecks and identify how best we can deploy resources across the platform.
• Working knowledge of Linux internals with a depth and breadth of technical expertise in system administration including configuration, troubleshooting and engineering solutions.
• Hands on experience in performance tuning of Linux OS (CentOS) and identifying bottlenecks such as disk I/O, memory, CPU, network issues (but not limited to).
• Ability to analyse network behaviour, performance and application issues using standard tools.
• You have a good grasp of TCP/IP, http and https and use this knowledge to help you analyse problems when they occur.

For more information please email your CV to vickie.ewins@projectpeople.com

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