Senior Software Engineer - Azure DevOps

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and pensions company in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and implement technology solutions. The role involves significant responsibilities, including creating and enhancing systems using Azure and Terraform. Candidates should have experience managing CI/CD pipelines and working collaboratively in cross-functional teams. The position offers attractive benefits and a hybrid working style.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and managing Terraform scripts for Azure.
• Proven track record in implementing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams on infrastructure requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology solutions that meet business requirements.
• Modify existing solutions and integrate new ones.
• Implement security standards and ensure thorough documentation.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Development

CI/CD Pipeline Implementation

Collaboration and Optimization

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Job description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Azure DevOps

Contract Type: Permanent

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

A Software Engineer plays a crucial role in developing and implementing technology solutions that meet business needs. Responsibilities include collaborating with product owners and business analysts to translate requirements into effective designs, improving existing solutions, integrating new ones, and reusing shared platforms. The role involves developing business systems, interfaces, databases, and reporting tools to support corporate goals. Whether working on front-end or back-end systems, the engineer uses their expertise to create robust, scalable, and efficient solutions, driving continuous improvements and enhancing customer experience.

About the Role

1. Create and Deliver Solutions: Develop technology solutions that meet business requirements, ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and minimal environmental impact.
2. Enhance and Integrate: Modify existing solutions, integrate new ones with current systems, and support the reuse of shared platforms.
3. Security and Documentation: Implement security standards, including role-based permissions and access auditing, and ensure thorough documentation of designs and configurations.
4. Testing and Quality: Collaborate with Quality Engineering and Infrastructure teams to test solutions for functionality and performance, embedding quality throughout the development process.
5. Continuous Improvement and Support: Address issues, drive ongoing improvements, support continuous integration and deployment, and enhance solution resilience to handle disruptions.

About You

1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Development: Design, implement, and manage Terraform scripts to automate cloud infrastructure on Azure, ensuring efficient and secure resource provisioning.
2. CI/CD Pipeline Implementation: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, integrating Terraform to automate infrastructure deployments with validation and security checks.
3. Environment Management: Manage multiple environments using Terraform Workspaces, ensuring best practices for state file management, versioning, and locking mechanisms.
4. Collaboration and Optimization: Work with cross-functional teams to define infrastructure requirements, implement monitoring and performance optimization, and ensure security and compliance using Azure tools.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings, and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable, and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We offer great workplace benefits such as 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme, and private medical insurance. See all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, Diversity, and Belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognized and respected—whatever their background.