Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design and build modern DevOps capabilities within a brand‑new Azure environment. You will lead the creation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and secure deployment practices while collaborating closely with infrastructure, development, security and architecture teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Build and manage Azure infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Automate configuration and deployments using Ansible.
• Define DevOps standards, branching strategies and release processes.
• Integrate security, compliance and quality checks into delivery pipelines.

Required profile

• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, Terraform and Ansible.
• Proven track record building enterprise‑grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Good knowledge of core Azure services (AKS, App Services, Key Vault, Monitor, Storage, Virtual Networks).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, GitOps and secure DevOps practices.
• Scripting proficiency in PowerShell, Bash or Python.

Required skills

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Azure AKS
• Azure App Services
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Storage
• Azure Virtual Networks
• Infrastructure as Code
• GitOps
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Azure Landing Zone
• Multi‑cloud concepts
• SonarQube
• Snyk
• Checkov
• Trivy

What we offer

• 6‑month initial contract at £600 per day (outside IR35)
• Fully remote working arrangement
• Opportunity to shape a greenfield Azure environment