Senior DevOps Engineer

Position Description

The Senior DevOps Engineer works with the DevOps & Cloud Engineer Lead and software engineering teams to build automate and support the cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities that underpin the companys Digital Product portfolio.

The role is primarily hands-on with a focus on Azure Infrastructure as Code CI/CD and automation. The successful candidate will help implement established platform standards and patterns support application teams and progressively take ownership of defined areas of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Build configure and maintain Azure infrastructure supporting Digital Product applications and services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Bicep/Terraform following established platform patterns and standards.
• Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines across Dev UAT and Production environments supporting application onboarding infrastructure deployment and CI/CD processes.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using PowerShell Azure CLI Bash Python and other appropriate tooling.
• Support the deployment and operation applications and supporting Azure services.
• Monitor troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure deployment and pipeline issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation reliability security and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to technical standards documentation and reusable tooling staying current on emerging technologies and actively sharing knowledge across the team.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including software developers testers architects security enterprise platform teams and project managers.

Essential Qualifications / Experience

• Computer Science Information Technology or related degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure is required; experience with other cloud platforms such as AWS is advantageous.
• Experience with Azure DevOps Git and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / Terraform) with Bicep experience highly desirable.
• Practical scripting or automation experience using PowerShell Bash Azure CLI Python or a similar language.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts including networking identity access management and security.
• Experience with or understanding of deploying and supporting applications in a cloud environment.
• Experience SQL Server / Azure SQL PostgreSQL Azure APIM App Service Load Balancer and Virtual Machines along with Azure security controls including RBAC managed identities Key Vault and network security highly desirable.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Claude) and familiarity with integrating LLM APIs into workflows.
• Understanding of software development practices including source control pull requests and code review.
• Good communication skills written and verbal.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Takes ownership of assigned work and follows tasks through to completion.
• The ability to occasionally work outside normal business hours including weekends.

Primary Technologies

• Cloud platforms Azure (primary) AWS or equivalent
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep Terraform)
• CI/CD Pipeline (Azure DevOps GIT)
• Scripting and automation (PowerShell Bash Azure CLI Python)
• Monitoring & observability (Azure Monitor Application Insights Log Analytics)
• Atlassian Jira / Confluence