Azure DevOps Engineer

Salary: £42,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements

• We require a highly experienced Azure DevOps professional with expertise in architecting, delivering, and operating complex cloud and digital platforms.
• We require hands-on experience delivering, operating, and supporting services across Azure, hybrid, and legacy environments.
• We require strong practical understanding of industrialised DevOps delivery models, including CI/CD, automation, and repeatable deployment patterns.
• We require the ability to interpret client contracts and SLAs and translate them into operational and technical delivery requirements.
• We require proven ability to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate SLA breaches, including technical and process-based mitigations.
• We require hands-on experience creating, reviewing, and maintaining operational runbooks, architecture diagrams, and service documentation.
• We require demonstrated experience communicating technical issues, risks, and solutions to senior stakeholders and clients.
• We require practical knowledge of ITIL processes, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Release, within modern Azure DevOps environments.
• We require the ability to work across engineering, platform, security, and operations teams to present a single operational view of service.
• We require strong awareness of cost management and chargeback models within Azure-based services.
• We require hands-on experience aligning engineering work with cloud and digital transformation strategies.
• We require strong technical and business acumen with the ability to make sound engineering decisions.
• We require clear, confident communication and strong collaboration and negotiation skills.
• We require a proactive, self-motivated approach with the ability to own technical outcomes end-to-end.
• We require a logical and structured problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail.
• We require the ability to think creatively and pragmatically to drive fault resolution and service improvements.
• We require proven ability to operate effectively under production pressure and incident scenarios.
• We require comfort working with complex systems, cross-platform dependencies, and evolving architectures.
• We require a collaborative team player who contributes to shared technical ownership.
• We require a commitment to continuous improvement, automation, and modern Azure DevOps practices.
• We require currently valid, fully transferrable SC clearance.
• We require the candidate to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.

Responsibilities

• We will have you architect, deliver, and operate complex cloud and digital platforms supporting large-scale public sector transformation.
• We will have you design and implement agile delivery pipelines across infrastructure, application, and platform services.
• We will have you support services across Azure, hybrid, and legacy environments.
• We will have you apply industrialised DevOps delivery models, including CI/CD, automation, and repeatable deployment patterns.
• We will have you interpret client contracts and SLAs and convert them into operational and technical delivery requirements.
• We will have you identify, troubleshoot, and remediate SLA breaches, including implementing mitigations.
• We will have you create, review, and maintain operational runbooks, architecture diagrams, and service documentation.
• We will have you communicate technical issues, risks, and solutions to senior stakeholders and clients.
• We will have you apply ITIL processes across incident, problem, change, and release management activities.
• We will have you work closely with engineering, platform, security, and operations teams to maintain a single operational view of service.
• We will have you manage awareness of Azure cost management and chargeback considerations.
• We will have you align engineering delivery with cloud and digital transformation strategies.
• We will have you provide hands-on fault resolution and drive continuous service improvements.
• We will have you operate effectively in production pressure and incident scenarios.
• We will have you contribute to continuous improvement, automation, and modern Azure DevOps practices.

Technologies

• Architect
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• ITIL
• Kubernetes
• Security

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We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with SC clearance for a remote UK contract role inside IR35. You will join us to support large-scale public sector transformation by delivering reliable, scalable, secure, and compliant cloud services using Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes (AKS), and modern automation practices. We need a highly hands-on engineer who can work across complex systems and multiple teams, with strong operational ownership and the ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders. This is a remote position based in the UK, and the successful candidate must hold currently valid, fully transferrable SC clearance and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.

last updated 24 week of 2026