Data and Analytics Senior DevOps Engineer - Fully Remote

Lorien; City Of London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A technology consultancy is seeking a Data and Analytics Senior DevOps Engineer for a fully remote role. This position involves ensuring the reliability and scalability of the cloud analytics platform, focusing on the automation of infrastructure deployment, and offering operational support to users. The ideal candidate should have extensive Azure and ideally AWS experience, along with strong knowledge of Terraform and CI/CD principles.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience deploying Azure and ideally AWS cloud resources.
• Knowledge of agile and DevOps development methodology.
• Strong understanding of security best practices within Azure and ideally AWS.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability and scalability of the cloud analytics platform.
• Focus on automation for infrastructure deployment via CI/CD.
• Provide operational support to users of the Data & Analytics platform.

Skills

Azure deployment

Terraform

CI/CD principles

Scripting (PowerShell, Python)

Cloud Networking (Azure)

Security best practices

Cloud data services configuration

Communication and collaboration

Tools

Azure

AWS

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Data and Analytics Senior DevOps Engineer - Fully Remote

We are seeking a Data and Analytics Senior DevOps Engineer to join our client on a 6-month initial contract, inside IR35. The role is fully remote and offers a negotiable location.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of the existing cloud analytics platform.
• Focus on automation for deployment of infrastructure as code via continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Provide operational support to users of the Data & Analytics platform, including administration of services, access management, and additional enhancements and configuration required.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight to the group Data & Analytics platform team.
• Deliver full automation of the deployment of Data & Analytics platform services via Infrastructure as code.
• Help set development standards, configure operational support processes, and provide technical assurance.
• Provide support to Data & Analytics platform users and internal development teams interacting with the Data & Analytics platform services.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience deploying Azure and ideally AWS cloud resources, with knowledge of agile and DevOps development methodology.
• Extensive experience using Terraform to deploy cloud resources as infrastructure as code.
• Excellent understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with related tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Strong knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Azure CLI, and proven experience with automation runbooks, VM maintenance scripts, and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Networking (Azure), including private endpoints, Firewalls, NSGs, NAT gateways, and route tables.
• Strong understanding of security best practices within Azure and ideally AWS.
• Experience configuring cloud data services (preferably Databricks) in Azure and ideally AWS.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across multiple teams.

Lorien is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.