DevOps Engineer

NXA Talent; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

NXA Talent is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer for a 12-month Inside IR35 contract in Scotland. You will design, build and optimise secure Azure platform services, implement Terraform IaC, and develop CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

In this role you will drive automation, monitoring, and platform resilience, providing technical leadership across security and delivery teams in a regulated financial services context.

Qualifications

• Extensive Azure platform engineering experience at scale.
• Proficient in Terraform and IaC practices.
• Proven CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, identity management, security and governance.
• Experience with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient cloud platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments desirable.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, GitOps or Azure certs advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise secure, scalable Azure platform services.
• Develop reusable Terraform IaC solutions.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Implement monitoring, observability and platform resilience capabilities.
• Drive automation, release management and environment consistency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with security, architecture and delivery teams within a regulated environment.
• Leverage AI and automation tools to improve operational efficiency and platform reliability.

Skills

Azure platform

Terraform IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Automation

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

Kubernetes AKS

GitOps

Security & governance

Technical leadership

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

PowerShell

Python

Bash

AKS

Docker

Job description

Senior Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer required for a 12 month Inside IR35 contract, supporting a major financial services transformation programme focused on cloud platforms, automation and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and optimise secure, scalable Azure platform services.
• Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Implement monitoring, observability and platform resilience capabilities.
• Drive automation, release management and environment consistency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with security, architecture and delivery teams within a regulated environment.
• Leverage AI and automation tools to improve operational efficiency and platform reliability.

Experience Required:

• Strong hands on Azure platform engineering experience.
• Advanced Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise.
• Proven CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, identity management, security and governance.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights and observability tooling.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python or Bash.Experience designing and supporting highly available, resilient cloud platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.
• Experience within financial services or other regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, GitOps or Azure certifications would be advantageous.