DevOps Engineer

evelyn Partners; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading wealth management firm in the UK is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to join their team in Liverpool. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Azure cloud infrastructure and demonstrate expertise in Infrastructure as Code, especially with Terraform. Responsibilities include managing cloud infrastructure, deploying microservices to Kubernetes, and implementing security best practices. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits in a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a cloud-hosted DevOps role.
• Strong understanding of encryption techniques.
• Experience with Bash scripting and YAML configuration.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain GitHub Actions on self-hosted runners.
• Deploy microservices to Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure.

Skills

Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure

Terraform

Containerization

Linux administration

GitHub Actions

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have enterprise experience developing and maintaining IaC (terraform) and deploying containerised microservices to AKS using ArgoCD and GitHub Runners. As DevOps Engineer, your responsibilities will include among others:

Responsibilities

• Create new and maintain existing GitHub Actions running on self-hosted runners.
• Work with development teams deploying microservices to Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure (Azure).
• Maintain several AKS clusters that make up the internal development platform.
• Implement and maintain security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a cloud-hosted DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineer role or related field.
• Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure and demonstrable ability to deliver secure network infrastructure through zero‑trust principles.
• Strong understanding of encryption techniques (GPG/TLS certificates).
• Strong experience with writing and refactoring Terraform.
• Strong Linux administration experience using WSL2.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools Helm, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Desirable Skills

• Strong knowledge of authentication and authorization approaches using Azure Entra.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub Actions.
• Strong Bash scripting and experience maintaining configuration YAML files.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki.
• Experience with package management tools such as NuGet, Maven, or npm.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Company Overview

Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what's next. Our success hinges on our people and that is our secret for longevity. We are a team of passionate professionals and everything we do is guided by our purpose – placing the power of good advice into more hands, we go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them. We're here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave