Azure DevOps Engineer - £85,000 - Leeds

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - £85,000 - Leeds

Join a leading provider of global supply chain solutions

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with proven experience delivering projects that involve direct customer interaction, such as datacentre migrations and the deployment of new or existing environments and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily support activities using the Azure Portal, automation scripts, and service management tools, whilst dedicating additional time to ongoing service improvement initiatives.
• Take responsibility for technical customer engagements, including implementation projects and Proof of Concepts.
• Support customers in deploying their workloads to Azure by providing expert guidance, helping them develop their own cloud adoption frameworks, and offering solutions to any challenges encountered.
• Contribute to Servent’s cloud adoption strategies tailored to each customer.
• Quickly adapt to rapidly evolving technologies, work independently, and respond to challenges in a constructive and professional manner.
• Hold current Microsoft Azure certifications.

Requirements

The core responsibility of this role is to support enterprise customers in their transition to Azure — whether migrating from on-premises environments or implementing new solutions. To succeed, you should demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Certification as an Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or higher.
• Strong skills in the design, implementation, and support of Azure environments.
• Good understanding of ITSM practices and ITIL frameworks.
• Experience working with either Hyper-V or VMware private cloud environments.
• Practical experience with:
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Security Centre
• Azure Migrate
• Azure Site Recovery
• Azure Database Migration Service
• A minimum of 4 years' hands-on experience with Azure, ideally at an enterprise level.
• Successful delivery of multiple projects either independently or as part of a team.
• Experience with third-party assessment and migration tools.
• Automation of Azure resource deployment using ARM/Bicep templates, Shell scripting, PowerShell, and Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Deep expertise in Azure networking services, including:
• Network Security Groups
• VPN Gateways
• Load Balancers
• Application Gateway
• Traffic Manager
• ExpressRoute
• Azure DNS
• Private Endpoints
• A thorough understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 identity management.
• Administration experience across Microsoft Windows Server, SQL Server, Remote Desktop Services, IIS, Active Directory, and DNS.
• Any experience with enterprise networking principles — such as IP addressing, firewalling, and public DNS — would be advantageous.
• A strong infrastructure background, including ADFS, AD, GPO, DNS, DHCP, and Remote Desktop Services.
• Demonstrable experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting complex systems and environments.
• Experience delivering solutions across Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, with exposure to cloud-first and hybrid architecture models.

REQUIRES BRITISH CITIZENSHIP OR ILR

Interested in the role? Please apply directly to this advert, you can also schedule a call with me by emailing your CV to h.shemmings@jeffersonfrank.com, or reach out on LinkedIn “Harry Shemmings”.