Azure DevOps Engineer

Searchability; North East; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours and remote work

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Technical learning resources and paid

Private healthcare and dental cover

Discretionary performance bonus

Choice of MacBook Pro or Windows

Discretionary performance bonus

Job summary

Searchability is seeking a mid‑level to senior DevOps Engineer to join a Newcastle-based project for an education-sector client. You will manage Azure infrastructure, develop Terraform modules and build reliable deployments, while enabling observability and strong security practices.

The role is remote with one day per month in the Newcastle office, with flexible hours, private healthcare, 25 days' holiday, and options for paid certifications. Immediate availability with a November start.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Azure infrastructure experience.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure.
• Write Terraform code and reusable modules for deployments.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Strengthen infrastructure security and investigate production issues.
• Use telemetry, logs and metrics to understand system behavior and improve reliability.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Scripting

Observability

Application Insights

KQL

Tools

Terraform

Job description

DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)

• 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.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
• 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

• Strong hands-on Azure infrastructure experience.
• 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.