Azure DevOps Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have demonstrable hands-on experience with core Microsoft Azure services, including virtual machines, App Services, storage, Kubernetes, networking, load balancers and Cloudflare.
• We have strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines; experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, GitLab CI or similar is valued.
• We have practical experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, or Bicep and ARM templates.
• We have a solid foundation in Docker or other containerisation processes, with orchestration experience on Kubernetes or Azure Container Apps.
• We can script and automate using PowerShell, Bash and the Azure CLI.
• We have experience with monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics.
• We are confident using Git and understanding branching strategy.
• We have strong awareness of security and compliance, including patching, secrets management, backups and secure configuration.
• We are confident managing, reviewing and challenging the work of a third-party technical supplier.
• We have extensive and proven experience deploying and managing compute, storage, networking and identity in Microsoft Azure at global scale.
• We have experience with Cloudflare, DNS and global traffic routing, R2 storage and Workers.
• We understand Entra ID, RBAC, conditional access and secure cloud configuration.
• We have knowledge of Azure Backup and Site Recovery for business continuity.
• Desirable: deeper orchestration experience with AKS or Azure Container Apps.
• Desirable: experience with real-time or IoT platforms, including MQTT.
• Desirable: exposure to Linux server administration.
• Desirable: experience working within an ISO 27001 certified environment.
• Desirable: experience managing or working alongside an outsourced infrastructure partner.
• Desirable: relevant Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104 or AZ-400.
• We have at least 3 years experience with Microsoft Azure.
• We have at least 3 years experience in DevOps.
• We can reliably commute to Preston PR4 2SH or plan to relocate before starting work.
• We are authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities:

• We design, build and maintain the build and release pipelines that deliver our software to Azure.
• We automate deployments so releases are consistent, repeatable and low risk.
• We work with the development team to improve build times, feedback loops and developer experience.
• We manage versioning, artefact storage and release approvals in line with our change management process.
• We support safe deployment practices such as staged rollouts, blue/green deployments and rollback.
• We act as the internal technical owner of the Azure estate, maintaining a clear picture of what we run and why.
• We define infrastructure standards, naming conventions, tagging and configuration baselines.
• We maintain Infrastructure as Code so environments are documented, version-controlled and reproducible.
• We oversee networking, identity, storage and compute configuration across the platform.
• We administer Entra ID, role-based access control, conditional access and MFA policies to maintain least-privilege access.
• We act as the primary technical point of contact between Audiebant and our managed service partner.
• We review and assure work carried out by the partner, ensuring it meets our standards before it reaches production.
• We coordinate and approve change requests, planned maintenance and escalations.
• We hold the partner to account on service levels, response times and delivery commitments.
• We feed into technical reviews, architecture decisions and the platform roadmap.
• We ensure knowledge and documentation remain within Audiebant rather than sitting solely with the partner.
• We build and maintain development, test, staging and production environments.
• We ensure environments are consistent so testing is meaningful.
• We support the QA team with test data management, environment refreshes and automated test execution within the pipeline.
• We work with the QA team to test infrastructure and environment changes as part of development and release, validating they meet requirements before production.
• We reduce the time it takes to stand up or reset an environment.
• We set up and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting across applications and infrastructure.
• We build dashboards that give the development team visibility of system health and performance.
• We investigate performance, connectivity and reliability issues, working with the partner where escalation is needed.
• We take part in incident response, root cause analysis and post-incident improvement.
• We contribute to resilience and disaster recovery planning, including backup configuration and restore testing.
• We ensure infrastructure and deployment practices support our ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications.
• We manage secrets, certificates and credentials securely, including renewal and expiry monitoring.
• We embed security scanning and dependency checking into the build pipeline.
• We maintain patching and vulnerability management schedules with the managed service partner.
• We support internal and external audits with evidence of controls and change history.
• We monitor Azure consumption and report on spend against budget.
• We identify underused or oversized resources and implement rightsizing.
• We use Azure Cost Management to maintain budgets, forecasts and alerts.
• We provide cost input into infrastructure decisions and product cost modelling.

Technologies:

• ARM
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Git
• GitHub
• GitLab
• IoT
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• MQTT
• PowerShell
• RBAC
• Security
• Terraform
• Embedded

More:

We are Audiebant, an innovative technology company providing cutting-edge audio, notification and life-safety solutions for the education and corporate sectors. Our platform combines real-time alerts, player management, cloud APIs and IoT button-triggered events for customers across the UK and internationally. We build software where reliability matters, and our approach to build, test and release reflects that standard. This is a hands-on Azure DevOps role within our technology team, working alongside developers and QA and reporting to our Chief Technology Officer. We offer a competitive salary, hands-on learning and professional growth with support toward relevant certifications, 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, free onsite parking, and the chance to join a fast-growing company building technology that people rely on in emergencies. We are based in Preston and the role is in person.

last updated 32 week of 2026