Senior Integrations Engineer

University of Leeds; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Generous pension scheme

Health and Wellbeing

Personal Development

On-site childcare

Job summary

University of Leeds is seeking an IT automation specialist to design and implement Azure DevOps pipelines enabling release management across the IT division, based on campus with hybrid flexibility.

The role concentrates on producing pipelines using YAML, leading deployment automation, and providing best-practice guidance while collaborating with other IT teams.

Qualifications

• Experience writing Azure DevOps Pipelines, using YAML and the Azure DevOps GUI to produce workflows for release management.
• Ability to provide best practice guidance on configuration and implementation of Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Experience collaborating with IT teams to maintain pipelines and carry out production deployments.

Responsibilities

• Write Azure DevOps Pipelines in YAML to support release management and deployment work.
• Provide best-practice guidance on configuration and implementation of pipelines across IT.
• Collaborate with IT teams to support maintenance and production deployments.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Pipelines

YAML

Release management

Automation

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

The interviews are expected to be held on the 13th October 2026

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements

Are you looking for a role which will contribute to global change? Can you use your knowledge and skills in software delivery to work in a key automation role within the development team? Are you passionate about introducing streamlined and effective deployment processes?

Using a combination of different technologies, you will primarily be responsible for non development activities required to support software development work within the team. This will include writing Azure DevOps Pipelines, using YML and the Azure DevOps GUI to produce workflows for release management. You will have experience of developing these technologies from the ground up and be expected to take the lead role in implementing these across IT.

Using your experience of workflows and automation in Azure DevOps Pipelines you will provide best practice guidance on the configuration and implementation of this technology. You will work with other IT teams where required to support maintenance of pipelines, and develop the ability to carry out production deployments using this technology and be expected to take the lead role in implementing these across IT.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa . For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent&nbsp ;

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5%
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the- art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!