Azure Cloud & DevOps Sr. Engineer

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. This is a senior, hands-on role responsible for managing and evolving our Microsoft Azure cloud environment. You will work closely with the Chapter Lead, Cloud Architects, Security Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers to deliver a robust, secure, and scalable platform-as-a-service for our product engineering teams.

Our Platform Engineering team builds cross-functional tooling and services that empower product teams to deliver customer value efficiently, confidently, and with high quality. We are a small, tight-knit, and highly collaborative team that values innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. We work hard, support each other, and enjoy what we do.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform (required), with optional experience in ARM templates or Bicep.
• Implement and manage container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS) to support microservices-based architectures.
• Configure and maintain observability tooling (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) to ensure system performance, reliability, and visibility.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Security Engineers to ensure compliance with security and data protection standards, including policy-as-code and governance controls.
• Work closely with product engineering teams to design and implement application infrastructure that meets performance, scalability, and security requirements.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Mentor junior engineers and champion DevOps and platform engineering best practices across the organisation.
• Embrace and promote the use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity, documentation quality, and collaboration.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience, including at least 4 years in a Senior DevOps Engineer role with significant Microsoft Azure experience.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure services, including networking (VNETs, Application Gateway), compute, identity, and monitoring.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A “You build it, you own it” mentality, with a passion for continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Role & responsibilities

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