Senior Devops Engineer (f/m/d)

think project! GmbH; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction software company is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure and automation processes. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience, primarily focused on Azure and CI/CD practices. Responsibilities include designing secure deployment processes, troubleshooting, and collaborating with development teams. The role offers a vibrant work culture, supporting continuous learning and development with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Lunch 'n' Learn Sessions

Free English Lessons

Unlimited learning

Social Events

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE, with 3+ years on Azure.
• Proven track record with CI/CD and IaC platforms.
• Experience with security and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure and automation.
• Design secure automated deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.

Skills

DevOps practices

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

IaC with Terraform

Containerization (Docker)

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or related field

Microsoft AZ-400 Certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Senior Devops Engineer (f/m/d)

• Reading (GB)
• IT
• Software Development

• Fulltime
• Published: 2025-12-19

Introducing Thinkproject Platform Pioneering a new era and offering a cohesive alternative to the fragmented landscape of construction software, Thinkproject seamlessly integrates the most extensive portfolio of mature solutions with an innovative platform, providing unparalleled features, integrations, user experiences, and synergies. By combining information management expertise and in-depth knowledge of the building, infrastructure, and energy industries, Thinkproject empowers customers to efficiently deliver, operate, regenerate, and dispose of their built assets across their entire lifecycle through a Connected Data Ecosystem.

What your day will look like

Develop and maintain the engineering and cloud infrastructure and automation infrastructure such as CI/CD pipelines, IaC code, etc. Accompaniment and optimisation of software products from development to implementation and maintenance. Responsible for ensuring that the software platforms optimally support Thinkproject and its processes.

Main responsibilities:

• Automation Design and implement secure automated deployment processes; implement and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins etc. to enhance software delivery speed and reliability. Participate in designing, building, and managing scalable cloud development using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Terraform, etc. to provision and manage infrastructure resources.
• Problem Solving Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to infrastructure, applications, and deployments.
• Documentation Maintain comprehensive documentation of processes, configurations, and performance metrics to support knowledge sharing and compliance.
• Monitoring and Maintenance Participate in implementing and maintaining the monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and reliability of systems, troubleshoot issues, and conduct diagnostic testing to maintain operational integrity.
• Collaboration Work closely with software developers and other IT professionals to automate and streamline operations and processes. Contribute to knowledge sharing.
• Security Implement automated security checks in pipelines, ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements. Participate in periodic system audits and preparedness for possible recovery actions. Participate in resolving the issue related to pen testing, vulnerability scanning, and intrusion detection etc. Participate in completion of security team defined tasks and initiatives.

What you need to fulfill the role

Experience

• 6+ years of DevOps/SRE experience with 3+ years focused on Azure and Azure DevOps at scale.
• Proven track record owning the CI/CD + IaC platform for multiple development teams, enabling consistent, secure, and fast delivery.
• Experience designing and operating production-grade releases (blue/green, canary, rollback), incident response, and post-mortems.
• Experience with security and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2), change management, and audit readiness.

Technical Skills

• Azure-first: VNets (hub–spoke, peering, Private Link), App Gateway/Front Door, Key Vault, ACR, App Service/Functions, AKS, Log Analytics/App Insights, Entra ID (AAD) & RBAC.
• Azure DevOps (YAML) CI/CD: multi-stage pipelines, reusable templates, environments/approvals, PR validation & gated checks, artifact/versioning, automated rollback.
• IaC with Terraform: module design & versioning, remote state (Azure Storage) with locking, workspaces, pipeline-driven plan/apply, secrets via Key Vault.
• Containers/Kubernetes: Docker, Helm, image promotion across environments, SBOM/signing basics.
• Quality & Security in pipeline: SonarQube, Black Duck/SCA; least-privilege service connections; Defender for Cloud/Policy.
• Observability & Reliability: New Relic / DataDog, Azure Monitor & App Insights, alerting/SLOs, performance/capacity tuning, RCA practices.
• Scripting & Tooling: PowerShell, Bash (plus one of Python/Go); strong Git workflows/branching; Agile ways of working.
• Ability to design and implement CI/CD pipelines for applications in .NET, Java, Python, and more. Hands on skills with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps / Jenkins etc.
• Good understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with GCP will be an added advantage.
• Ability to participate in scrum ceremonies, accurately maintain the task board and follow the applicable agile processes.

Soft skills

• Ownership mindset; platform/product thinking with clear SLAs and standards.
• Excellent problem-solving and structured debugging across app, infra, and pipeline layers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across Product, Security, and Engineering; ability to collaborate across diverse, distributed teams.
• Mentorship and knowledge sharing (playbooks, runbooks, brown-bags); drive continuous improvement using metrics (e.g., DORA, MTTR).

Education

• Required: Microsoft AZ-400 Certification
• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master’s degree is preferred.

What we offer

• Lunch 'n' Learn Sessions
• Women’s Network
• LGBTQIA+ Network
• Coffee Chat Roulette
• Free English Lessons
• Thinkproject Academy
• Social Events
• Volunteering Activities
• Open Forum with Leadership Team (Tp Café)
• Hybrid working
• Unlimited learning

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