Junior DevOps Enigneer

We’re partnering with a fast-growing, award-winning, technically-led business that is transforming how organisations across the UK manage their utility services. With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and simplifying the customer experience, this company offers a genuinely modern, supportive, and forward-thinking environment, where the Technology team are at the heart of operations.

They are now looking to hire a Junior DevOps Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team at an exciting stage of growth, as they scale a key internal product beyond MVP. This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their DevOps career who is eager to learn, develop, and work alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative setting.

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 + extensive benefits package
Working Pattern: Hybrid. Flexible days in office / home. Based from our Northeast offices. Suitable areas for this, include: Durham, Hartlepool, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Peterlee, Sunderland, etc.

The Role
This is a hands-on position where you’ll support the design, build, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary Agile team, contributing to modern DevOps practices and tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design of secure, scalable, and highly available, cost-optimised cloud infrastructure
• Implement technologies using Infrastructure-as-Code
• Monitor and manage systems for availability and performance
• Support Agile delivery through Scrum and Kanban, contributing to team rituals and processes

What We’re Looking For

• Developing and deploying via Infrastructure-as-Code, with proficiency in Terraform, YAML and ARM templates (and a willingness to further develop these skills)
• Creation, monitoring and management of cloud artefacts in Microsoft Azure, using the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) via Azure DevOps
• Ability to build and manage services deployed into Kubernetes, including container configuration and Helm charts

Desirable (but not essential)

• Using AI to enhance productivity, such as code generation or coding assistance
• Understanding of code written in C#/.NET
• Experience with scripting tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Bicep
• Understanding of observability platforms

If you’re looking to grow your DevOps career within a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team, this is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step.