DevOps Engineer - Azure (Contract)
Location: Remote with occasional day on site
Contract Type: 9-12 months (with potential extension)
Start Date: October 2025
Rate: up to £425/day
IR35: Outside
We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and management of our clients Azure-based container infrastructure. You'll play a key role in enabling continuous integration and delivery, ensuring system reliability, and embedding security best practices across a greenfield technology platform.
This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in cloud-native environments, understands the nuances of container orchestration, and is passionate about automation, scalability, and secure delivery.
Key Outcomes
- Deliver and maintain a secure, scalable Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environment.
- Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines for containerised workloads.
- Ensure compliance with cloud security policies and access controls.
- Support containerisation of legacy applications and new services.
- Enable monitoring, alerting, and incident response for container workloads.
- Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and team knowledge sharing.
Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Proven experience with Azure cloud platforms.
- Hands-on expertise with:
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Docker, Helm, container orchestration
- Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates)
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD automation.
- Experience with secure cloud architecture and compliance frameworks.
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
Desirable:
- Experience with Azure Arc for hybrid/multi-cluster scenarios
- Familiarity with container-native security and governance tools
- Exposure to regulated environments
Apply now or reach out for more details.
