DevOps Engineer

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Seniority: Senior Level

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000

Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer looking to lead cloud transformation, modernise delivery pipelines, and shape scalable infrastructure in a fast-paced engineering environment?

We’re looking for a technically strong and forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to play a key role in driving automation, cloud adoption, and platform reliability across a complex technology estate. You’ll work closely with development teams to streamline software delivery, improve operational efficiency, and implement modern DevSecOps practices.

This is an opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge technologies including Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD automation, and observability tooling, while helping to evolve engineering standards and cloud capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Automate the creation and deployment of Development, Test, Pre-Production, and Production environments
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using YAML-based workflows and Git version control
• Provision and configure IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS cloud resources in line with best practices
• Implement automated testing processes and integrate them into build and release pipelines
• Maintain and govern test environments to ensure consistency across software releases
• Manage source control processes and branching strategies across engineering teams
• Create secure data refresh processes ensuring sensitive information is anonymised and protected
• Use monitoring and observability tools to diagnose issues across applications, servers, and services
• Support development teams with performance, scalability, and volume testing
• Administer internal package repositories and web server environments
• Identify manual processes that can be streamlined or automated
• Produce and maintain technical documentation for infrastructure and cloud solutions
• Promote DevSecOps principles across engineering workflows
• Collaborate with developers, QA, project teams, and architects on delivery planning and technical solutions
• Mentor junior DevOps Engineers and provide technical guidance
• Participate in on-call rotations supporting critical infrastructure incidents

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Advanced knowledge of Azure DevOps including Boards, Repos, Artifacts, and CI/CD Pipelines
• Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies, Agile delivery, and release automation
• Extensive cloud platform experience, ideally Microsoft Azure
• Experience supporting on-premise to cloud migrations
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and Bash
• Experience with Git-based source control and branching models
• Hands-on experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes orchestration
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server environments
• Experience with SQL Server and/or NoSQL databases
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience supporting microservices-based architectures
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, or Grafana
• Experience with Helm Charts and Docker Compose
• Familiarity with security tooling such as SonarCloud, Prisma Cloud, or CrowdStrike

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting .NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#, Node.js, or React environments
• Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud transformation programmes
• Experience improving developer experience through self-service tooling
• Knowledge of cost optimisation and cloud governance practices
• Experience working in high-availability or business-critical environments

What Sets You Apart

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive engineering mindset
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Confidence driving improvements and challenging legacy ways of working
• Strong ownership mentality with a focus on delivery and reliability
• Passion for modern technology and continuous improvement
• Ability to mentor others and raise engineering standards across teams

Why Join

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking technology function focused on automation, cloud engineering, and modern software delivery. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge tools, influence technical direction, and help shape highly scalable platforms used at significant scale.

If you’re looking for a hands-on senior DevOps role where you can deepen your expertise in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and platform engineering while making a real impact, this is an excellent next step in your career.