Azure DevOps Lead | Platform, FinOps & SecOps Coach

Oceanic Catering; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Oceanic Catering in Glasgow is seeking a senior DevOps strategist to own the DevOps posture across ShipSure. The role blends strategy with hands-on delivery, focusing on cloud platforms, cost optimisation and secure pipelines.

You will coach engineers, align engineering standards, and partner with security leadership to maintain ISO 27001 controls while improving developer experience and operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in DevOps, platform engineering or SRE with a leadership or player‑coach element.
• 3+ years’ hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience (required), including cloud cost optimisation / FinOps; experience of other cloud providers (AWS or GCP) is helpful but not essential.
• Strong CI/CD and Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience (e.g. Terraform, pipelines, containers/Kubernetes).
• Solid security / DevSecOps experience, embedding security into the SDLC.
• Demonstrable experience coaching and upskilling engineers.
• Able to be Glasgow‑based with regular onsite presence.
• Experience in maritime, ERP, or multi‑tenant SaaS environments.
• Experience working across multi‑vendor / outsourced delivery models.
• Relevant cloud or FinOps certifications.
• Experience operating within an ISO 27001‑certified environment (or equivalent ISMS), including security controls, audit and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the DevOps strategy, CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and tooling across ShipSure.
• Own cloud cost optimisation (FinOps), driving efficiency and value for money across cloud spend.
• Own the platform security posture, embedding security into the software development lifecycle (DevSecOps).
• Uphold ISO 27001 controls and the information security management system (ISMS), embedding security compliance into pipelines, cloud infrastructure and ways of working.
• Improve developer experience through paved-road tooling, self-service automation and reduced friction in the delivery pipeline.

Skills

DevOps

Platform engineering

SRE

Azure

CI/CD

Terraform

Kubernetes

FinOps

Security

DevSecOps

Coaching

Leadership

Job description

Oceanic Catering in Glasgow is seeking a senior DevOps strategist to own the DevOps posture across ShipSure. The role blends strategy with hands-on delivery, focusing on cloud platforms, cost optimisation and secure pipelines.

You will coach engineers, align engineering standards, and partner with security leadership to maintain ISO 27001 controls while improving developer experience and operational resilience.