Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer Azure / Terraform Wealth Management Platform - 6-month contract (outside)

Were hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a leading WealthTech SaaS firm specialising in Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions for private banks and wealth managers.

This role sits within a collaborative full-stack engineering team, responsible for building, automating, and maintaining Azure-based infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), supporting the delivery of enterprise-grade SaaS products to global clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and monitor complex Azure-hosted SaaS applications, ensuring high availability and resilience.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules to automate infrastructure provisioning and environment setup.
• Manage and enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or equivalent), automating builds, tests, and deployments.
• Implement and maintain Kubernetes clusters (AKS), Docker images, and related infrastructure components.
• Ensure systems meet security, performance, and compliance standards (SOC2, encryption at rest/in transit).
• Collaborate with software engineers to align infrastructure delivery with development requirements.
• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, applying fixes and process improvements.
• Contribute to internal DevOps standards and documentation.

Core Requirements

• Proven experience with Terraform - advanced Infrastructure as Code deployment on Azure.
• Strong Azure background, including virtual networks, storage and application gateways.
• CI/CD pipeline management experience (GitLab, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
• Familiarity with security best practices - encryption, access control, compliance frameworks.
• Hands-on technical foundation in either software development (.NET/C# preferred) or infrastructure engineering.

Beneficial Experience

• Exposure to Azure services: Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Redis Cache, Service Bus, Key Vault, Storage Accounts and PrivateLink integrations.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus) and RESTful APIs (Postman).
• Awareness of cloud security tools such as CSPM, workload protection and WAFs.
• Knowledge of .NET Core / .NET 8 environments and modern single-page application frameworks.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, reaffirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion, and welcoming applications regardless of race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.