DevOps Engineer - #2195259

DevOps Engineer

12 Months

Inside IR35

Edinburgh (3 days per week)

Overview:

Senior Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer required for a 12 month Inside IR35 contract, supporting a major financial services transformation programme focused on cloud platforms, automation and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and optimise secure, scalable Azure platform services.
• Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Implement monitoring, observability and platform resilience capabilities.
• Drive automation, release management and environment consistency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with security, architecture and delivery teams within a regulated environment.
• Leverage AI and automation tools to improve operational efficiency and platform reliability.

Experience Required:

• Strong hands on Azure platform engineering experience.
• Advanced Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise.
• Proven CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, identity management, security and governance.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights and observability tooling.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Experience designing and supporting highly available, resilient cloud platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.
• Experience within financial services or other regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, GitOps or Azure certifications would be advantageous.