Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Amber Labs; Manchester, Farnham; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Remote-first with Liverpool Street/ons

Personal training budget

EV scheme after one year

Employer pension contributions

Regular team socials

Referral scheme up to £3,000

Job summary

Amber Labs, a fast-growing UK technology consultancy, seeks a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and drive DevOps practices across AI-enabled projects. Remote-first with occasional travel to Manchester/Farnham, and active SC clearance required.

You will work with software engineers, architects, security specialists, data engineers and AI practitioners to establish modern DevOps and platform engineering standards within the new Centre of Excellence.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance required for UK government/regulated projects.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to design secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and deployment platforms.
• Strong CI/CD expertise using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform/Bicep).
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar tooling.
• Deploy and manage containerised apps with Docker and Kubernetes/AKS.
• Automate provisioning, deployments, testing and operations.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and reliability across cloud environments.
• Apply DevSecOps principles including identity, secrets management and security controls.
• Support AI/ML workloads by building robust cloud infra and deployment processes.
• Contribute to reusable patterns and tooling within the Centre of Excellence.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

AKS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git/GitHub

PowerShell

Python

Bash

GitOps

Argo CD

Flux

Security

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

Helm

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Remote first - Occasional travel to Manchester / Farnham

Active SC Clearance Required

About Amber Labs

Amber Labs is a fast-growing UK technology consultancy delivering digital transformation across enterprise, government and regulated sectors. We specialise in cloud, data, software engineering, user-centred design and AI, helping organisations deliver better services through modern technology and agile ways of working.

We are supporting the establishment of a new Cloud, DevOps and AI Centre of Excellence within a major UK organisation and are looking for an experienced Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to join the team.

This is an opportunity to help shape modern engineering practices, build secure cloud platforms and support the delivery of emerging AI-enabled capabilities at scale.

The Role

As a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer, you will design, build and optimise secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and deployment platforms.

You will work closely with software engineers, architects, security specialists, data engineers and AI practitioners to establish modern DevOps and platform engineering practices. You will also have exposure to AI and machine learning projects, supporting the infrastructure, automation and deployment capabilities required to take AI solutions from development through to production.

The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring and contributing to the standards and reusable capabilities of the new Centre of Excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar tooling.
• Deploy and manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes/AKS.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, testing and operational processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and reliability practices across cloud environments.
• Apply DevSecOps principles, including secure identity, secrets management and security controls throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support AI, machine learning and AI-enabled applications, helping build the cloud infrastructure and deployment processes required to operate these workloads.
• Contribute to the development of reusable engineering patterns, standards and tooling across the Centre of Excellence.
• Work with architects, developers, security, data and AI teams to solve complex technical challenges.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers and contribute to architectural and engineering decisions.
• Active SC Clearance.
• Strong commercial experience as a Senior DevOps, Cloud or Platform Engineer.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services including AKS, Virtual Networks, Storage, Functions, Key Vault, Azure Monitor and Entra ID.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes, ideally AKS in production.
• Good understanding of cloud networking, identity, security and access management.
• Scripting experience using PowerShell, Python and/or Bash.
• Strong understanding of Git and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience working in Agile, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Some commercial exposure to AI, machine learning, generative AI or AI-enabled applications.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI or Azure Machine Learning.
• Exposure to MLOps or AI/ML deployment pipelines.
• Experience with GitOps, Helm, Argo CD or Flux.
• Experience with Azure landing zones, cloud governance or highly regulated environments.
• Relevant Azure certifications such as AZ-400 or AZ-305.

What We Offer

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Private medical insurance with Bupa.
• Remote-first working with access to our Liverpool Street office.
• Personal training budget.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme after one year.
• Employer pension contributions.
• Regular team socials.
• Referral scheme offering up to £3,000.
• The opportunity to help shape a new Cloud, DevOps and AI Centre of Excellence and work with emerging technologies across a major UK organisation.

Amber Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of background, identity or experience.