Cloud-Native DevOps Platform Engineer – Azure Tooling

Jobtailor; Crawley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer to create a modern, cloud-native tooling environment for UK engineering teams. You will drive migrations to Azure, ensure service continuity during tooling transitions, and coach junior colleagues within an Agile team with a Technical Product Owner.

Strong automation, CI/CD, and security clearance are essential. Your responsibilities include deploying tools on Thales Azure infrastructure, implementing IaC, monitoring, backups, and

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in modern DevOps and platform engineering technologies.
• Linux administration and scripting.
• CI/CD methodologies and pipeline design.
• Kubernetes and Docker for containerisation and orchestration.
• JFrog Platform (Artifactory/XRay) for artifact and dependency management.
• GitLab for source control and CI.
• Ansible for configuration management and automation.
• Python for scripting and tooling.
• Virtual Machines and cloud infrastructure concepts.

Responsibilities

• Build and support a modern, cloud-native tooling environment for engineering teams across the UK.
• Lead migration from legacy tooling to Azure-based solutions.
• Ensure continuity of service during tooling transition.
• Work in an agile development team with a Technical Product Owner and other stakeholders.
• Plan, prioritise, and deliver improvements.
• Coach and guide junior team members.
• Champion best practices in deployment, automation, and operations.
• Deploy and support tools on Thales’ Azure infrastructure, including CI/CD, artifact management, code quality, and licensing tools.
• Build or modify deployment solutions using Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Improve processes through automation to reduce manual effort and increase consistency and reliability.
• Maintain existing environments during the transition phase.
• Support delivery teams with automated tools and scripts to provision resources.
• Implement monitoring, backups, archives, and log management.
• Maintain relationships with engineering users and key stakeholders to align tooling with business needs.

Skills

DevOps Engineering

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Azure

Linux administration

Python scripting

Ansible

GitLab

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Jenkins

JFrog Platform

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Polarion

FlexLM

Black Duck SCA

Coverity

SonarQube

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer to create a modern, cloud-native tooling environment for UK engineering teams. You will drive migrations to Azure, ensure service continuity during tooling transitions, and coach junior colleagues within an Agile team with a Technical Product Owner.

Strong automation, CI/CD, and security clearance are essential. Your responsibilities include deploying tools on Thales Azure infrastructure, implementing IaC, monitoring, backups, and