Azure DevOps Engineer Fully Remote

Interact Consulting Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Location: Manchester, 100% Remote
Category: Permanent Jobs
Salary: 65-70k + 100% Remote work, pension, healthcare
Ref: JT/JC/5891

Contact Name: James Clarke
Telephone: [phone]

Experienced Azure DevOps Engineer required by a leader in the Health tech space. Continuing with the scale up, a need has arisen within the cloud platform team for a talented Azure Security biased Engineer. Strong Azure, Terraform coding (a must have), AKS (Kubernetes) and Scripting required. This is fully remote (must be UK based).

With a commitment to innovation and excellence, our client offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and operation of a cutting-edge SaaS platform. As an Azure SecOps Engineer, you will play a vital role in managing and deploying environments securely and optimally.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Significant commercial experience in security operations management.
• Terraform IaC
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating security tooling.
• Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts to assess the current security posture of Azure infrastructure, encompassing Azure resources, processes, vulnerability management tools, and techniques.
• Collaborate with the wider Infosec team and any third-party consultants engaged by the client to provide recommendations based on the findings to chart the way forward.
• Develop incident response plans and procedures tailored for Azure environments, conduct thorough security incident investigations, and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to effectively mitigate security incidents.
• Define and enforce best practices for security across development and DevOps teams, including implementing source code, container, and infrastructure scanning for vulnerabilities. Integrate security checks and tests seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain an active risk registry and devise a plan to address identified issues in order of priority, ensuring proactive management of security risks.