Python Developer

W2 Only. No C2C.

Open for multiple locations:

Atlanta, GA / Birmingham, AL / Charlotte, NC / Chicago, IL / DC, Northern VA / Jacksonville, FL / Philadelphia, PA / Phoenix, AZ / Pittsburgh, PA / Strongsville, OH

Title: Python Developer

Duration: 6+ Months contract to Hire

Skills:

• Bitbucket
• GIT
• Python

Your Future Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based services, automation tools, and platform utilities supporting containerized workloads.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, security scanning, deployment, and release orchestration.
• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot applications on Kubernetes/OpenShift, including configuration, scaling, upgrades, and runtime issues.
• Implement Policy as Code to enforce standards (security, networking, resource controls, image provenance, RBAC, etc.) and prevent configuration drift.
• Integrate DevSecOps controls: SAST/DAST, container image scanning, SBOM generation/validation, secrets detection, and compliance checks into pipelines.
• Create and maintain infrastructure/platform artifacts such as:
• Kubernetes manifests (Deployments, Services, Ingress/Routes, ConfigMaps, Secrets)
• Helm charts and/or Kustomize overlays
• OpenShift resources (Projects/Namespaces, Routes, SCCs, Operators as applicable)
• Improve platform reliability through monitoring/alerting integration and root cause analysis (RCA) for production issues.
• Contribute to engineering standards and documentation (runbooks, SOPs, onboarding guides).
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and agile ceremonies; communicate risks, tradeoffs, and implementation details clearly.

Required Qualifications to be Successful in this Role:

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Platform Maintenance Requirements
• Strong Python development experience (APIs, automation, scripting, packaging, unit testing).
• Experience administering Apache httpd, including mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, and OIDC authentication modules.
• Experience configuring Azure EntraID application registrations, client credentials, OAuth2/OIDC endpoint integration, and API permissions — including integrating EntraID as an identity provider into web applications via OIDC.
• Preferred - Familiarity with JupyterHub, Apache Airflow, and MLflow in a containerized environment.
• Preferred - Working knowledge of Apache Spark standalone cluster deployment and configuration
• Preferred Basic React/JavaScript familiarity for maintaining portal UI assets.
• Hands-on Kubernetes/OpenShift experience, including deploying and troubleshooting workloads.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, UDeploy).
• Experience with Policy as Code concepts and tooling, such as:
• Static Security Analysis (SAST), Interactive Security Testing (IAST)
• Policy testing/validation and policy lifecycle management
• Solid understanding of:
• Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and pull request reviews
• JIRA, Confluence
• Linux fundamentals, networking basics, and troubleshooting in distributed systems
• Working knowledge of security best practices: RBAC, least privilege, secrets management, and secure SDLC.

Regards, Yogesh Singh Rana yogesh.rana@mastechdigital.com