Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Digital Waffle; Nottingham; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Digital Waffle is seeking a hands-on Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer to shape cloud infrastructure and automation. You will work with development, infrastructure and security teams, acting as a senior escalation point and helping raise engineering standards across the platform.

You’ll design and maintain Azure infrastructure with IaC, manage production Kubernetes/AKS environments, build reusable modules, and drive platform reliability and security.

Formación

• Experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure.
• Proven ability to automate and standardise deployments at scale.
• Strong collaboration across development, infrastructure and security teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architectural decisions.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build and maintain scalable Azure infrastructure using Terraform and IaC.
• Develop production Kubernetes/AKS environments including upgrades and security.
• Create reusable Terraform modules and automation templates.
• Design Azure networking (VNets, hub-and-spoke, DNS, NSGs, firewalls).
• Implement cloud security practices across IAM, container security and infra.
• Maintain Helm charts and deployment processes for app teams.
• Improve monitoring, logging, tracing and platform observability.
• Automate repetitive tasks with Python or Bash.
• Contribute to technical designs and platform roadmaps.
• Enhance developer experience with tooling and self-service capabilities.
• Act as senior escalation point and mentor engineers.

Conocimientos

DevOps engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Automation

Mentoring

Communication

Architectural design

Independent working

Educación

Herramientas

Terraform

Kubernetes

AKS

ArgoCD

Docker

Helm

Descripción del empleo

This is a hands-on senior engineering position with plenty of scope to influence technical direction, improve engineering standards and help shape the way cloud infrastructure is designed and delivered. You'll work closely with development, infrastructure and security teams, acting as a technical escalation point and helping drive best practice across the wider engineering function.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build and maintain scalable Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop and manage production Kubernetes/AKS environments, including upgrades, security, networking and optimisation.
• Build reusable Terraform modules, deployment templates and automation to improve consistency across environments.
• Design and maintain Azure networking, including VNets, hub-and-spoke architectures, DNS, NSGs and firewall solutions.
• Implement cloud security practices across identity, access management, container security and infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts and standardised deployment processes for application teams.
• Introduce and improve monitoring, logging, tracing and platform observability.
• Automate repetitive processes using Python, Bash or similar scripting languages.
• Contribute to technical designs, architecture decisions and platform roadmaps.
• Help improve developer experience through tooling, documentation and self-service capabilities.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point and provide mentoring and guidance to other engineers.
• Support the continued evolution of the platform, including container orchestration, autoscaling, progressive delivery and platform security.

What We're Looking For:

You’ll be an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer with a strong background in cloud infrastructure and automation. We’re looking for someone who can operate independently, get hands‑on with complex technical challenges and confidently contribute to architectural discussions.

Key experience:

• Strong commercial experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong production experience with Kubernetes, ideally AKS.
• Good understanding of Azure networking and cloud architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with GitOps, ideally using ArgoCD or a similar platform.
• Strong knowledge of Docker and containerised environments.
• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes application deployment.
• Good understanding of cloud security, IAM, RBAC and secure CI/CD practices.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency with Python, Bash or similar scripting languages.
• Experience contributing to technical architecture, design documentation and engineering standards.
• Comfortable communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers or acting as a senior technical point of contact.