Devops Engineer

DevOps Engineer - CI/CD, SQL, Azure DevOps

Up to £70,000

Croydon

My client, a rapidly growing business platform supporting innovative insurance teams, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their expanding data function.

This is a high-impact role offering significant exposure across the organisation, with opportunities to shape database delivery processes, improve development workflows, and contribute to the future of a cloud-first data platform.

You'll be responsible for building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines, automating database deployments, and driving quality across the SDLC to ensure reliable, high-quality releases. You'll work closely with developers, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver automation-first solutions and help scale a platform built entirely in the cloud.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for database development and deployment

• Collaborate with developers to integrate database changes seamlessly into the SDLC

• Develop and enforce quality gates for schema validation, data integrity checks, and migration testing

• Build and maintain test automation frameworks for database processes (unit, integration, regression, performance)

• Ensure version control best practices for database objects, scripts, and configurations

• Implement and monitor rollback/recovery mechanisms to minimise deployment risk

• Optimise pipeline performance and resolve bottlenecks across build, test, and release processes

• Maintain environment consistency across dev, test, staging, and production systems

• Contribute to platform governance by defining and documenting best practices for database QA and DevOps

Tech & Environment:

• Microsoft Azure (including Azure SQL)

• Azure DevOps, GitHub, YAML pipelines

• SQL Server (preferred), schema change management, migrations

• T-SQL, PowerShell (desirable)

• Power BI, Excel (with future integration of Python, GIS, and other tools)

You Should Have:

• 3-4 years' experience as a QA Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Database QA Specialist with CI/CD focus

• Strong understanding of database systems, preferably SQL Server

• Proven experience building automated database pipelines (schema, migration, testing)

• Proficiency in SQL queries, stored procedures, and test scripts

• Familiarity with cloud-first environments and version control best practices

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive, detail-oriented approach

If this sounds like the role for you, APPLY and a consultant will be in touch.