DevOps Engineer & Azure DevOps & AWS

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Woodborough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer for a hybrid role in Woodborough, UK. This position focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS. Responsibilities include leading DevOps practices, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring security compliance. Candidates should have a solid grasp of Azure DevOps, AWS, and relevant certifications. The role offers a competitive salary of £75,000 plus benefits, including pension and healthcare.

Benefits

Pension

Health Care

Excellent Benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps.
• Experience in containerization using AKS/EKS.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS.
• Enable continuous integration and delivery while ensuring system reliability.
• Lead project scope, initiation, and support efforts.

Skills

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

AWS

Terraform

PowerShell

Project Resource Planning

Monitoring Tools

Education

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Tools

Datadog

Logic Monitor

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - Permanent - Azure DevOps + Some AWS

Staffordshire - Derbyshire - East Midlands or London, Paddington

Hybrid Role - 1 Day Per Week on Site

£75,000pa + Pension, Health Care & Excellent Benefits

With over 200,000 clients across the UK and Europe, this established health and welfare organisation are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to assist with consistent growth and client expansion.

As the Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure across Azure Platforms and some AWS Platforms.

You will play a key role in enabling continuous integration and delivery, ensuring system reliability, and embedding security best practices. In addition to hands-on technical work, you will actively contribute to the growth and capability of the wider team by sharing knowledge.

Key Deliverables

• Azure DevOps & CI/CD: Strong understanding of DevOps principles and hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, Azure Tooling, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins. Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• Team Leading, Workload Delegation, Project Resource Planning.
• Project Scoping, Initiation & Project Support
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure infrastructure in Azure DevOps and Azure DevOps Tooling.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps.
• Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging systems (e.g., Datadog, Logic Monitor, Solarwinds).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and manage access controls (IAM, PIM, RBAC).
• Respond to incidents and participate in root cause analysis and post-mortems.
• Create and maintain documentation and runbooks.
• Collaborate with other teams to align DevOps practices with project goals.
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python to automate infrastructure and operational tasks.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for managing infrastructure declaratively: HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Containerisation with AKS / EKS: Design and deployment with AWS Cloudformation or ARM templates
• Security & Compliance: Solid grasp of cloud security best practices, identity and access management, and compliance frameworks.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Excellent communication skills with a passion for mentoring, documentation, and enabling others through knowledge sharing.

Technical Requirements

• Cloud Platform Expertise: Proven experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Strong understanding of DevOps principles and hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Containerisation with AKS / EKS: Design and deployment with AWS Cloudformation or ARM templates
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python to automate infrastructure and operational tasks.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for managing infrastructure declaratively.

• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.

Highly Desirable Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional

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