DevOps Engineer

Searchability NS&D; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Training & certs

Private healthcare

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Searchability NS&D in Edinburgh is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer to own cloud infrastructure for an education-sector assignment. The role is Edinburgh-based with remote work and one day per month in the office, delivering reliable Azure infrastructure and Terraform modules to support deployments.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to develop CI/CD pipelines, improve observability, and strengthen security across the stack, using Application Insights and KQL for root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure infrastructure experience and Terraform
• Experience writing CI/CD pipelines and scripting
• Ability to explain code, configuration and decisions behind work
• Knowledge of Application Insights and KQL for troubleshooting

Responsibilities

• You will build, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure, writing Terraform code and reusable modules to support deployments
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, strengthen infrastructure security and investigate production issues
• Use telemetry, logs and metrics to understand system behaviour and improve reliability

Skills

Application Insights

KQL queries

Observability

Security hardening

CI/CD

Scripting

Edinburgh commute

Tools

Terraform

Job description

• Strong mid-level or senior DevOps Engineer opportunity supporting an education-sector client.
• Edinburgh-based, working remotely with one day per month in the Edinburgh office.
• Hands-on Azure infrastructure, Terraform development and observability.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is an established software consultancy delivering technology solutions across the public and private sectors. They are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure and automation on an existing education-sector assignment. Previous education-sector experience is not required.

THE BENEFITS

• Flexible working hours and remote working.
• Technical learning resources and paid certifications.
• Private healthcare and dental cover.
• Discretionary performance bonus.

THE DEVOPS ENGINEER ROLE

You will build, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure, writing Terraform code and reusable modules to support consistent, reliable deployments.

Working alongside engineering teams, you will develop CI/CD pipelines, strengthen infrastructure security and investigate production issues. You will use application telemetry, logs and metrics to understand system behaviour and improve reliability.

This role requires practical infrastructure engineering experience, including the ability to explain the code, configuration and technical decisions behind your work.

DEVOPS ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Experience writing Terraform configurations and reusable modules.
• Practical Application Insights experience and the ability to write KQL queries for troubleshooting.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring and alerting.
• Infrastructure configuration and security hardening experience, with an understanding of the controls implemented.
• CI/CD and scripting experience.
• Ability to attend the Edinburgh office once per month.