One of our leading clients is seeking to engage Principal Python Software Engineer – Data Platform & DevOps Offsite-Remote role

Please note Candidates must have a NV1 security clearance

Initial contract duration-7.5 months /3.5 months

Location of work-Canberra-Remote

Mandatory Skills & Experience

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Python Software Engineer with extensive experience in distributed data platforms, cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes and DevOps engineering.

The successful consultant will contribute to the enhancement and modernisation of a sophisticated data management and analysis platform supporting critical Commonwealth operational capabilities.

This is a highly technical, hands-on position requiring an experienced engineer who can design, develop, integrate, modernise and maintain complex Python-based data processing applications and distributed systems

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop and enhance Python applications, reusable libraries, APIs, SDKs and distributed data processing components.
- Integrate data parsing, enrichment, normalisation and schema mapping capabilities into existing data processing workflows.
- Develop functionality to reprocess previously ingested data and enrichments through web-based interfaces.
- Design and implement secure data export and file-processing automation.
- Refactor existing Python services and processor frameworks into reusable libraries supporting independently deployable containerised applications.
- Develop and maintain Python API client libraries with synchronous and asynchronous interfaces,



generated from OpenAPI specifications.
- Implement secure authentication, token management, persistent connection pooling and integration with Python notebooks.
- Design and optimise distributed data processing solutions using Apache Cassandra and Apache Pulsar.
- Develop, deploy and troubleshoot containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployment reliability, observability and platform resilience.
- Work closely with technical stakeholders to understand requirements, assess design options and deliver production-quality solutions.
- Produce architecture documentation, technical specifications, testing evidence and operational runbooks.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical reviews and knowledge-transfer activities.

Essential Technical Skills

- Expert-level Python software engineering and object-oriented software design.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with Apache Cassandra .
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with Apache Pulsar .
- Strong Kubernetes, Docker and containerised application development expertise.
- Proven experience designing distributed, scalable and resilient data processing platforms.
- Advanced REST API, OpenAPI,



SDK and Python library development experience.
- Experience implementing synchronous and asynchronous Python interfaces.
- Solid CI/CD engineering, automated testing and DevOps practices.
- Experience with secure authentication, access tokens and API integration.
- Proven experience leading the architecture and technical delivery of complex data platforms.
- Strong documentation, troubleshooting and stakeholder communication capabilities.

Highly Desirable

- Experience with FastAPI, Django or comparable Python application frameworks.
- Experience generating Python clients from OpenAPI specifications.
- Experience with Python notebooks, authentication workflows and operating-system keychain integration.
- Experience with Kubernetes cluster reliability, observability and disaster recovery.
- Experience developing extensible, event-driven data processing systems.
- Knowledge of secure software engineering within Commonwealth or similarly regulated environments.
- Experience with telecommunications data, digital forensics, data enrichment or law-enforcement systems.

What We Are Looking For An accomplished, hands-on Principal Engineer who has personally designed and developed Python-based distributed systems and can demonstrate substantial practical experience across Cassandra, Pulsar, Kubernetes, APIs, software architecture and DevOps. If you would like to apply for the above role, then please send y our updated resume with Cover Let ter to [email protected] m.au

📌 Python Software Development -Remote-All States (Canberra)
🏢 IT Alliance Australia
📍 Canberra