Azure DevOps Engineer

Searchability®; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote working

Learning resources & certifications

Private healthcare

Dental cover

Discretionary bonus

MacBook Pro or Windows equipment

Job summary

Searchability® is seeking a mid-level or senior DevOps Engineer to join an education-sector project based in Newcastle. You will work primarily remotely with one day per month in the Newcastle office, building and maintaining Azure infrastructure, writing Terraform modules and expanding observability.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to develop CI/CD pipelines, improve security, and use telemetry and logs to enhance reliability. Previous education-sector experience is not required.

Qualifications

• Experience writing Terraform configurations and reusable modules.
• Practical Application Insights experience and ability to write KQL queries.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring and alerting.
• Infrastructure configuration and security hardening experience, with an understanding of the controls implemented.
• CI/CD and scripting experience.
• Ability to attend the Newcastle office once per month.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure and write Terraform modules.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and automation alongside engineering teams.
• Strengthen infrastructure security and investigate production issues.
• Use telemetry, logs and metrics to understand system behavior and improve reliability.
• Explain the code, configuration and technical decisions behind your work.

Skills

Terraform

Application Insights

KQL queries

Observability

CI/CD

Scripting

Security hardening

Azure

Infrastructure as code

Job description

• Strong mid-level or senior DevOps Engineer opportunity supporting an education-sector client.
• Newcastle-based, working remotely with one day per month in the Newcastle office.
• Hands-on Azure infrastructure, Terraform development and observability.
• Immediate availability preferred, with a November start required.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is an established software consultancy delivering technology solutions across the public and private sectors. They are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure and automation on an existing education-sector assignment. Previous education-sector experience is not required.

THE BENEFITS

• Flexible working hours and remote working.
• Technical learning resources and paid certifications.
• Private healthcare and dental cover.
• Discretionary performance bonus.
• Choice of MacBook Pro or Windows equipment.

THE DEVOPS ENGINEER ROLE

You will build, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure, writing Terraform code and reusable modules to support consistent, reliable deployments.

Working alongside engineering teams, you will develop CI/CD pipelines, strengthen infrastructure security and investigate production issues. You will use application telemetry, logs and metrics to understand system behaviour and improve reliability.

This role requires practical infrastructure engineering experience, including the ability to explain the code, configuration and technical decisions behind your work.

DEVOPS ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Experience writing Terraform configurations and reusable modules.
• Practical Application Insights experience and the ability to write KQL queries for troubleshooting.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring and alerting.
• Infrastructure configuration and security hardening experience, with an understanding of the controls implemented.
• CI/CD and scripting experience.
• Ability to attend the Newcastle office once per month.