Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Salary: £41,000 - 81,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with proven experience building and supporting software applications.
• We need hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, plus supporting technologies like ArgoCD and Helm.
• We expect strong familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, and the ELK stack.
• We require proven experience designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise solutions on Microsoft Azure as our core cloud platform, with familiarity in AWS, GCP, or other commercial cloud services.
• We value experience with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and AWS CloudFormation, along with Infrastructure as Code approaches.
• We are seeking experience designing and implementing scalable systems capable of handling high loads.
• We need excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, along with effective communication skills to explain technical concepts.
• We require proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Node.JS, or Go, with a focus on automation and scripting.
• We expect strong Linux experience and a sound understanding of core networking and best security principles.
• We need hands-on experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines for large-scale systems, with experience in GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.

Responsibilities:

• We develop, manage, configure, and automate systems and services across Azure as our primary cloud platform and AWS as our secondary cloud platform.
• We collaborate within agile, specialized teams on a diverse range of projects.
• We contribute expertise independently or by fostering fresh ideas that move our work forward.
• We prioritize work effectively to align with broader organizational goals, address immediate challenges, and support collective progress.
• We play a pivotal role in crafting and refining the backbone of our products across multiple projects.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Ansible
• ArgoCD
• Azure
• Backbone
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• ELK
• GCP
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Grafana
• Helm
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Network
• OpenTelemetry
• Prometheus
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• NodeJS

More:

We are Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity founded in 2013, protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats with our proprietary AI. Our Active AI Security Platform helps secure the business across the entire digital estate, from network to cloud to email, and our R&D teams have driven over 200 patent applications. We support our platform and services with more than 2,400 employees around the world. This is a full-time hybrid role based in our London office, with a minimum requirement of two days per week onsite. Our benefits include 23 days holiday plus public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service, an additional birthday day off, private medical insurance for you, your cohabiting partner and children, life insurance at 4 times base salary, a salary sacrifice pension scheme, enhanced family leave, a confidential Employee Assistance Program, and a cycle to work scheme. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

last updated 35 week of 2026