Azure DevOps Tech Lead | Cloud Automation & CI/CD

Credera; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Credera is seeking a technically senior engineer to lead client engagements in a fast-growing technology and engineering organisation in the UK. You will own projects, drive DevOps and cloud delivery, and mentor engineers while collaborating with clients and partners on complex architectures.

The role focuses on Azure as the primary platform with opportunities across AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling, delivering secure, scalable solutions and modernizing production systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of 4+ engineers and acting as the technical owner of a project.
• Azure Platform DevOps, Infrastructure Automation & Deployment experience.
• Expert-level Azure certification (e.g. AZ-400 DevOps Engineer Expert or AZ-305 Solutions Architect Expert)
• Demonstrable experience in automating operations tasks with one or more scripting languages.
• Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Deep experience working with Azure across both PaaS and IaaS hosting models - Azure is the primary platform for this role.
• Genuine hands‑on experience of a second major cloud platform, ideally AWS - you will work predominantly in Azure, but we need engineers who can operate credibly across more than one cloud.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Strong client‑facing skills - regular communication with senior stakeholders, and the ability to turn a complicated architecture into something a non‑specialist can follow
• Experience delivering alongside client teams and third‑party suppliers, where you influence rather than directly control the work
• Have a drive for self‑improvement and learning, including learning new programming languages
• Approach solving problems pragmatically
• Experience mentoring/managing junior engineers
• Experience using AI or Agentic techniques in application of the role through GitHub CoPilot, Claude Code, or equivalent, and enthusiasm for driving adoption across a team
• You will be required to hold active SC clearance for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagements with clients and sponsor teams.
• Deliver robust production software pipelines and automated deployments.
• Mentor engineers and foster a high‑performing engineering culture.
• Collaborate across client teams and external suppliers to shape solutions.
• Drive continuous learning and adoption of new tools and languages.

Skills

Team leadership

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud architecture

Scripting

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

AI tools

SC clearance

Tools

Azure

AWS

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Job description

Credera is seeking a technically senior engineer to lead client engagements in a fast-growing technology and engineering organisation in the UK. You will own projects, drive DevOps and cloud delivery, and mentor engineers while collaborating with clients and partners on complex architectures.

The role focuses on Azure as the primary platform with opportunities across AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling, delivering secure, scalable solutions and modernizing production systems.