Senior DevOps Engineer - UK Remote Contract Outside IR35
Location: Fully Remote - UK
Rate: £300-£350 per day
Contract: 6 Months
IR35: Outside IR35
The Opportunity
We're working with an organisation seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their engineering team on an initial 6-month contract.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on DevOps specialist with strong experience across Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
You'll play a key role in developing and maintaining cloud infrastructure, improving deployment automation and supporting scalable, reliable application environments.
Working closely with software engineering teams, you'll help optimise infrastructure, streamline software delivery and implement DevOps best practices across the organisation.
The role is fully remote and Outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure.
Develop, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines for automated application deployments.
Implement and manage containerised applications using Docker.
Deploy, configure and manage Kubernetes environments.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code.
Improve deployment processes, release management and application delivery.
Monitor infrastructure performance, availability and reliability.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, containerisation and deployment issues.
Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions.
Work closely with software developers to improve application deployment and operational performance.
Ensure infrastructure is secure, scalable and resilient.
Drive continuous improvement across DevOps processes and engineering practices.
Essential Skills & Experience
Strong commercial experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer.
Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development.
Docker and containerisation technologies.
Kubernetes deployment, configuration and management.
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates.
Automated build, deployment and release pipelines.
Linux administration and troubleshooting.
Scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell or Python.
Cloud infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting.
Azure networking, security, IAM and infrastructure management.
Strong understanding of DevOps principles and modern software delivery practices.
Desirable Skills
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Helm and Kubernetes deployment tooling.
GitOps and ArgoCD.
Terraform.
Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
Prometheus and Grafana.
Ansible.
Microservices and distributed application environments.
Cloud security and infrastructure optimisation.
Contract Details
Duration: Initial 6-month contract.
Rate: £300-£350 per day.
Location: Fully remote UK.
IR35: Outside IR35.
Working: Remote, collaborating with engineering teams.
Interested?
If you're an experienced DevOps Engineer with strong Azure, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD experience looking for a fully remote Outside IR35 contract, we'd be keen to hear from you.