Lead Azure DevOps Engineer - 6 month contract
Salary: $125 - $150 per hour
Lead DevOps Engineer | Enterprise CI/CD Transformation | 6-Month Contract
We're partnering with a highly regarded enterprise organisation undertaking a major initiative to modernise and strengthen its software delivery ecosystem. As part of a program focused on reducing operational risk across critical CI/CD platforms, we're looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive technical direction, uplift engineering practices and lead delivery outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior technical leader who enjoys remaining hands-on while influencing strategy, architecture and DevOps maturity across a large-scale environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading DevOps and CI/CD engineering initiatives across a critical enterprise program
- Driving automation, platform optimisation and software delivery improvements
- Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across multiple teams
- Improving security, governance and operational resilience throughout the software delivery lifecycle
- Designing and implementing scalable integration and deployment frameworks
- Collaborating with development, security and infrastructure teams to deliver best-practice engineering outcomes
Tech Stack
- Azure DevOps Server
- Git
- Artifactory
- SonarQube
- Fortify
- AppDynamics
- Spectrum
- ELK Stack
- Enterprise CI/CD Pipelines
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in a Lead DevOps, Principal DevOps or Platform Engineering role
- Strong background building and optimising CI/CD pipelines in complex environments
- Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers
- Expertise across DevOps tooling, automation frameworks and integration platforms
- Strong understanding of observability, monitoring and operational excellence
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive engineering best practices
What's On Offer
- Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential
- Significant enterprise transformation program
- High-impact role with genuine leadership responsibility
- Opportunity to shape DevOps practices and platform strategy
- Collaborative, delivery-focused engineering environment
If you're a technically strong DevOps leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while leading teams and influencing platform strategy, we'd love to hear from you.