DevOps Engineer

Brown & Brown UK; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Holiday entitlement

Flexible working

Job summary

Brown & Brown Europe is seeking a mid-level DevOps/Cloud Engineer to own defined automation tasks. You will work hands-on within cross-functional squads to build and improve secure cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and live-service reliability.

Senior engineers will provide guidance as needed. You will contribute to automation, deployment confidence and operational readiness, while embedding security and quality checks across the release process.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in DevOps, cloud engineering or similar roles with automation exposure.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application environments.
• Experience with scripting such as PowerShell or Bash.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code concepts and repeatable environment management.
• Awareness of secure delivery practices, secrets management and operational risk.
• Ability to troubleshoot build, deployment and environment issues in a structured way.
• Collaborative communication with developers, QA, Product and support colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve Azure DevOps pipelines for build, test, release and deployment activity.
• Support reliable and repeatable deployments across development, test and production environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation using IaC patterns and standards.
• Work with engineering squads to improve deployment confidence, environment reliability and delivery flow.
• Embed security, quality and operational checks into pipelines and release processes.
• Use monitoring, alerts and logs to understand service health and support incidents.
• Troubleshoot build, release, environment and platform issues.
• Maintain technical notes, runbooks and support information for squad services.
• Participate in planning, refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos and operational reviews.
• Contribute ideas to improve automation, resilience, security and developer experience.

Skills

DevOps

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD

Scripting

IaC

Security

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

YAML pipelines

Job description

Brown & Brown Europe is building long-lived, product-led squads with end-to-end ownership of the services they create. You will work in a collaborative engineering environment that values practical delivery, automation, security, quality, learning and continuous improvement.

The day to day:

You will work hands-on within a cross-functional squad to build, support and improve secure cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and live-service reliability. This is a mid-level role for someone able to take ownership of defined DevOps work, with support from senior engineers and platform specialists where needed.

Key responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and improve Azure DevOps pipelines for build, test, release and deployment activity.
• Support reliable and repeatable deployments across development, test and production environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation using agreed Infrastructure as Code patterns and standards.
• Work with engineering squads to improve deployment confidence, environment reliability and delivery flow.
• Help embed security, quality and operational checks into pipelines and release processes.
• Use monitoring, alerting and logs to understand service health and support incident investigation.
• Troubleshoot build, release, environment and platform issues, escalating complex problems early.
• Maintain clear technical notes, runbooks and support information for squad-owned services.
• Take part in planning, refinement, stand‑ups, retrospectives, demos and operational reviews.
• Contribute practical ideas that improve automation, resilience, security and developer experience.

How we work:

• Work in a long-lived, product-led and stream-aligned squad with clear service ownership.
• Follow a Build and Run model: design, build, test, deploy, monitor, support and improve squad-owned services.
• Use a transparent, prioritised backlog and deliver value incrementally through a regular agile cadence.
• Take part in planning, refinement, daily collaboration, reviews, retrospectives, demos and showcases.
• Use Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, including testing, security, documentation and operational readiness.
• Automate build, test, security assurance, deployment and repeatable environment activity wherever practical.
• Release in small, safe increments and use feedback and delivery data to improve.
• Work within shared architecture, cloud, security and platform guardrails.
• Use approved engineering and AI-assisted tools with appropriate security controls and human review.

Our technology environment:

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Azure services, monitoring, security and platform guardrails.
• Tooling: Azure DevOps, Git, repositories, branching, pull requests, YAML pipelines and release automation.
• Automation: Infrastructure as Code, environment provisioning, scripting and repeatable operational processes.
• Engineering: .NET, React, APIs, automated testing and integration with squad delivery workflows.
• Practices: CI/CD, monitoring, secure delivery, incident learning, continuous improvement and Build and Run ownership.

About you:

• Commercial experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering or a software engineering role with strong automation exposure.
• Practical experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application environments.
• Experience with scripting or automation, such as PowerShell, Bash or similar.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code concepts and repeatable environment management.
• Awareness of secure delivery practices, secrets management, access control and operational risk.
• Ability to troubleshoot build, deployment, environment and service issues in a structured way.
• A collaborative communication style and confidence working with developers, QA, Product and support colleagues.

How this role is distinct:

• Owns defined DevOps, automation and cloud engineering tasks with a good level of independence.
• Supports squad delivery by improving pipelines, environments, deployment confidence and operational readiness.
• Is supported by Senior Engineers, Tech Leads and platform specialists for complex design decisions and major changes.

The rewards:

• A negotiable basic salary and all the usual benefits you would expect, including holiday and a company pension
• A collaborative, open and honest environment designed to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and teammates
• A flexible working
• An environment built around supporting and developing our teammates, with funding available for relevant professional qualifications