DevOps Tech Lead

Movement 8; Upper Langwith; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Movement 8 is seeking a passionate DevOps Manager to lead the development and operations of cloud infrastructure services. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic leadership, focusing on creating scalable Azure environments using Terraform and modern DevOps tools. Candidates should have proven experience in DevOps leadership, a deep understanding of Azure services, and strong skills in CI/CD processes. The position offers an opportunity to mentor engineers and enhance system reliability in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in DevOps or SRE teams.
• Deep expertise in Azure cloud services.
• Strong Terraform and IaC experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a DevOps/Platform squad on infrastructure-as-code.
• Design and implement secure cloud environments.
• Contribute to automation and system reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Azure

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Redis

Job description

DevOps Manager - Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes - Hybrid

Seeking a passionate DevOps Manager/Lead to drive the development, operations, and continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure and platform services. This role will be a combination of hands-on technical work along with leadership and strategic planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a DevOps/Platform squad focused on infrastructure-as-code, observability, CI/CD, and cloud operations.
• Design and implement scalable, secure cloud environments (primarily Azure) using Terraform and modern DevOps tools.
• Contribute to automation, monitoring, and system reliability improvements.
• Guide incident management and promote SRE best practices (SLAs, SLOs, SLIs).
• Mentor engineers and collaborate on platform roadmaps.
• Evolve CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows, and operational playbooks.
• Foster a culture of automation, security, and accountability.
• Ensure effective Agile delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in DevOps or SRE teams.
• Deep expertise in Azure cloud services and infrastructure provisioning.
• Strong Terraform and IaC experience.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, AKS.
• Proficient in CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions).
• Experience with distributed systems, monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and caching (e.g., Redis).
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with SRE principles and incident management tools (e.g., PagerDuty).
• Understanding of DevOps security practices and FinOps.
• Experience with MACH architecture, CDN optimization, and service mesh/API gateways.

If you're interested please get in touch ASAP!