Senior DevOps Engineer

VIQU IT; Chadderton; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance cloud and automation capabilities in a hybrid role. The ideal candidate will automate environments, support cloud migration, and utilize technologies like Terraform and Azure DevOps. This position offers a salary of up to £70,000, rewarding innovative contributions in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Referrals up to £1,000

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Deep understanding of cloud engineering and modern automation practices.
• Proficiency in core engineering technologies required.

Responsibilities

• Automate environment build and deployment processes.
• Maintain and optimize test environments and source control processes.
• Support reliability and performance monitoring.

Skills

Terraform

Azure DevOps

DevOps principles

CI / CD pipelines

Azure cloud infrastructure

.NET / C#

Node.js

React

PowerShell

Bash

Git

Networking fundamentals

SQL / NoSQL databases

Windows servers

Linux servers

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Leicester – Hybrid

Up to £70,000

VIQU have partnered with a leading organisation seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer. The Senior DevOps Engineer will play a vital part in evolving the company’s cloud and automation capabilities, working closely with development teams to streamline delivery, modernise infrastructure, and support a large-scale transition from on-premise environments to cloud-first solutions. The successful Senior DevOps Engineer will help shape tooling, influence best practice, and drive meaningful technical change across the business.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior DevOps Engineer :

• Automate environment build, deployment and testing across Development, Test, Pre-Production and Production, integrating quality checks into CI / CD pipelines.
• Maintain and optimise test environments, source control processes and data refresh routines, ensuring consistency, security and best practice.
• Support reliability and performance through monitoring, diagnostics and collaboration with development teams on load and volume testing.
• Manage repositories and web server configurations (NuGet, npm, IIS, Node.js) while identifying opportunities for process automation and operational improvement.
• Produce clear documentation and provide guidance on cloud configuration, environment usage and DevOps best practice.
• Ensure compliance and security by working closely with internal and external audit and security teams.

Experience Required of the Senior DevOps Engineer :

• Strong experience with IaC (Terraform) and Azure DevOps, including CI / CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories, Boards and Artifacts.
• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, Agile delivery, cloud engineering and modern automation practices.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure cloud infrastructure, including on‑premise to cloud migrations.
• Proficiency across core engineering technologies including .NET / C#, Node.js, React, PowerShell, Bash, Git and networking fundamentals.
• Experience working with SQL / NoSQL databases and both Windows and Linux servers.
• Strong containerisation and orchestration expertise (Docker, Kubernetes, microservices), with familiarity in supporting tooling such as Helm, Docker Compose, SonarCloud, CrowdStrike and wider DevSecOps solutions.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Katie Dark via the VIQU IT website.

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