Hands-On DevOps Engineer — Azure, CI/CD, IaC, Hybrid

Loop Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Loop Recruitment is recruiting a hands-on DevOps Engineer for a Manchester-based SaaS client with an Azure-first platform. This hybrid role blends office days in Manchester with remote work, focusing on shipping and building features rather than pure strategy.

You’ll own and optimise the full DevOps lifecycle, delivering robust pipelines, IaC tooling, and secure deployments across Azure services. Strong Azure experience, containerisation, and hands-on coding are essential to succeed.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DevOps engineer with solid commercial experience in Azure cloud.
• Strong CI/CD pipeline design and implementation.
• Experience with IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) and containerisation (Docker).

Responsibilities

• Build and own end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Manage and optimise cloud infrastructure day-to-day in a SaaS environment.
• Implement IaC, automation, and monitoring across Azure App Services and related services.
• Ensure security best practices are integrated into pipelines and deployments.

Skills

Azure

CI/CD

Terraform

Bicep

Docker

SonarCloud

Snyk

WhiteSource

Azure DevOps

Monitoring

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Docker

SonarCloud

Snyk

WhiteSource

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Log Analytics

Azure App Services

Function Apps

Job description

Loop Recruitment is recruiting a hands-on DevOps Engineer for a Manchester-based SaaS client with an Azure-first platform. This hybrid role blends office days in Manchester with remote work, focusing on shipping and building features rather than pure strategy.

You’ll own and optimise the full DevOps lifecycle, delivering robust pipelines, IaC tooling, and secure deployments across Azure services. Strong Azure experience, containerisation, and hands-on coding are essential to succeed.