Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering role
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Commercial experience managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or Azure Container Apps
• Strong experience with Docker and containerisation technologies
• Expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Solid scripting experience using PowerShell
• Experience supporting or administering Azure SQL or Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, cloud security, identity, and automation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across engineering and business teams
• A proactive mindset with a passion for automation, continuous improvement, and cloud technologies

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable Microsoft Azure infrastructure using Terraform with an Infrastructure as Code-first approach
• Manage and optimise Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerised workloads using Azure Container Apps or similar container platforms
• Build, manage, and optimise Docker images and containerised application deployments
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operational tasks using PowerShell
• Work closely with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes, developer experience, and platform reliability
• Support and optimise Azure SQL environments, ensuring performance, availability, and security
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to improve platform health and performance
• Champion cloud security, governance, and DevOps best practices across the Azure estate
• Be actively involved in architectural decisions and help shape the long-term technical direction of the platform
• Influence technical strategy and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the cloud environment
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the wider technology team

Technologies:

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Support
• Kubernetes
• PowerShell
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are partnering with one of Londons most exciting and rapidly growing fintech companies as they continue to invest in their cloud and DevOps capabilities. This is a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer role based in Central London with a hybrid working pattern of one day per week in the office, offering up to £100,000 plus bonus and benefits. You will join a collaborative engineering team where ownership is encouraged, ideas are welcomed, and you will have the chance to shape the future direction of the DevOps function. We are building a modern Azure cloud-native technology stack and offering clear progression, ongoing training, certifications, and career development in a supportive environment.

last updated 31 week of 2026