Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

£80,000 – £85,000

Suffolk – 1 day onsite a week

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a fast-paced engineering team delivering highly scalable, cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role is hands-on and will see you at the heart of cloud infrastructure design, automation, deployment, and optimisation – with a strong emphasis on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement.

You’ll work closely with development, operations, and security teams to deliver robust CI/CD pipelines, maintain Kubernetes workloads, and embed Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) throughout the delivery process.

Responsibilities:

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform or ARM templates

• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps

• Design, support, and optimise services running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Automate manual processes using PowerShell, Bash, and scripting tools

• Lead the implementation of security and compliance best practices, including RBAC, Key Vault, and Azure Policies

• Work with engineering teams to ensure high-availability, disaster recovery, and proactive performance monitoring (App Insights, Azure Monitor)

• Collaborate on incident resolution, deployment strategies, and performance tuning

• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of knowledge sharing and DevOps excellence

Experience:

• Deep expertise in Azure infrastructure and services (AKS, VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Key Vaults, etc.)

• Strong scripting ability in PowerShell (and/or Bash/Python)

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, particularly in an Azure environment

• Proven track record with IaC – Terraform or ARM templates preferred

• Mastery of Git and version control workflows in a collaborative team

• Comfortable in Agile/Scrum environments using tools like Jira and Confluence

• Experience supporting production systems, including observability and monitoring

Desirable:

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare)

• Working knowledge of MongoDB or similar document-oriented databases

• Familiarity with Golang or Python to support infrastructure tooling

• Microsoft certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-900)

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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