Senior DevOps Engineer

The Insolvency Service; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

25 days annual leave

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development leave

Wellbeing support

Job summary

The Insolvency Service is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to help drive the transition to an in‑house DevOps capability. You will standardise the tech estate, improve engineering practices, and build secure, resilient Azure platforms to support key public services.

This is a hybrid role with 60% office time across a UK footprint. You will lead initiatives across Azure, IaC, CI/CD and platform engineering while ensuring security, stability and availability in production and non‑production

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in an in‑house DevOps role using Microsoft Azure.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Experience building secure, resilient cloud platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Microsoft Azure.
• Build, maintain and optimise IaC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve monitoring, observability and operational performance.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring & Observability

Security & Availability

Security Clearance

Tools

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Team Foundation Server (TFS)

bicep IaC

Terraform

PowerShell

C#/.NET

Power Platform

Job description

Help shape the future of cloud engineering for critical public services that support individuals, businesses and the wider UK economy.

The Insolvency Service, in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, platform engineering and cloud operations to help drive the organisation's transition to a fully in-house DevOps capability. Based in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham on a permanent SEO appointment, this role offers hybrid working (60% in office over a month), a salary of £48,429 to £52,222 (national), plus a discretionary Recruitment & Retention allowance of up to £11,000.

Building the Future of DevOps at the Insolvency Service

Digital Services has recently transitioned from a third-party DevOps model to an in-house engineering capability. As part of the Insolvency Service's wider technology modernisation programme, you'll help standardise and consolidate the technology estate, improve engineering practices, and build secure, resilient cloud platforms that support key public services. This is an opportunity to influence the future direction of DevOps across the organisation while working with modern Azure technologies at enterprise scale.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will:

• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise across Microsoft Azure
• Build, maintain and optimise Infrastructure as Code solutions and CI/CD pipelines
• Improve monitoring, observability and operational performance across digital services
• Ensure the security, stability and availability of production and non-production environments

Essential skills for the Senior DevOps Engineer include:

• Possess extensive experience in a similar role using Microsoft Azure
• Possess significant CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps (ADO)/Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• Have extensive experience creating, maintaining and monitoring both Azure PaaS and IaaS resources
• Have demonstrable experience of running multiple applications in multiple environments in a large enterprise
• Have experience is writing and maintaining bicep IaC at an expert level
• Have an active Security Clearance or be committed to gaining clearance within the first 6 months of joining

Desirable skills for the Senior DevOps Engineer include:

• Using Terraform to build, manage and maintain infrastructure as code
• Working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments or integrations
• Using PowerShell to automate deployment, configuration, monitoring or operational tasks
• Developing or supporting applications using C#/.NET
• Working with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate or related services

In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service
• Public holidays plus additional privilege leave
• Five days paid learning and development leave annually
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support services
• Ongoing training, career development and progression opportunities

Why Join The Insolvency Service?

This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal moment in the evolution of the Insolvency Service's technology function. You'll play a leading role in building a modern DevOps capability, influencing engineering standards, cloud strategy and platform operations across a major government organisation. Your work will directly support the delivery of resilient, secure and user-focused digital services relied upon across the UK.