DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid Working)
Contract: 2 Weeks
Day Rate: £500 per day Outside IR35
Start: Immediate

Overview

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support a key transformation project within an Azure cloud environment. The project focuses on the ingestion of calculations scheme data from Excel into a pensions platform, enabling faster calculations, improved reporting capabilities, and enhanced operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will have significant experience designing, implementing and optimising enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, deployment automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions within complex Azure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep and/or ARM templates.
• Support deployment automation across multiple environments.
• Work closely with Development, Testing and Operations teams to implement DevOps best practices.
• Configure and manage Azure cloud infrastructure in line with security and governance standards.
• Support data ingestion and integration processes between Excel-based source data and target platform environments.
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions to improve operational visibility.
• Troubleshoot deployment, infrastructure and platform issues.
• Contribute to platform reliability, scalability and performance improvements.
• Produce technical documentation and knowledge transfer materials where required.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 6+ years' commercial DevOps engineering experience.
• Strong Azure cloud experience.
• Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Azure DevOps experience.
• Infrastructure as Code expertise using Terraform, Bicep or ARM.
• Experience with deployment automation and release management.
• Experience working within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, tooling and best practices.
• Experience working collaboratively across Development, QA/Test and Operations teams.
• Experience with source control platforms such as Git.
• Strong scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience within pensions, financial services or regulated environments.
• Experience with data integration, ETL or data ingestion projects.
• Experience working with Excel-based data migration or transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms (AKS).
• Knowledge of Azure data services.
• DevOps or Azure certifications.