Azure DevOps Engineer | Terraform, CI/CD & Observability

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

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.