Senior Azure DevOps Engineer
Summary
Daily-rate contract role (€600/day, initial 6–18 months, hybrid in South Dublin) for a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design, automate, secure, and deliver enterprise-scale Azure platforms using Terraform/Terraform Enterprise, secure CI/CD pipelines, Azure networking, and cloud governance tooling like Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud.
Daily Rate: €600 per day
Location: South Dublin (Hybrid Working)
Contract Type: Daily Rate Contract
Duration: Initial 6-18 Month Contract (Extensions Expected)
Overview
Thomson Keene are seeking an experienced Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing cloud engineering team on a daily-rate contract basis. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on the design, automation, security, and delivery of enterprise-scale Azure cloud platforms.
The successful candidate will bring strong Azure expertise, deep Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform, and a proven track record delivering cloud-native solutions within complex enterprise environments.
You'll work closely with architects, software engineers, security teams, QA, and delivery stakeholders to build and enhance a secure, scalable, and automated Azure cloud estate.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and platform services.
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise.
- Create reusable modules and policy controls leveraging Terraform Private Module Registry and Sentinel.
- Design and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational processes.
- Participate in requirements gathering, architecture reviews, and technical design workshops.
- Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and project teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Write and execute unit and integration tests to support automated deployments and platform reliability.
- Implement cloud security controls, governance standards, and compliance policies.
- Support containerised workloads and cloud-native platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and application delivery issues.
- Contribute to Azure platform strategy, engineering standards, and cloud adoption initiatives.
Required Experience
- Strong commercial experience designing and operating solutions within Microsoft Azure.
- Extensive experience with: Terraform Terraform Enterprise Terraform Sentinel Terraform Private Module Registry
- Infrastructure as Code best practices
- Deep understanding of Azure networking, including: Virtual Networks (VNet), ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, Routing & Connectivity
- Strong knowledge of Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
- Experience implementing cloud security controls including: Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel
- Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions and frameworks.
- Knowledge of Agile delivery practices and test-driven development methodologies.
- Experience architecting and delivering enterprise software and cloud infrastructure solutions.
Desirable Experience
- Azure Certifications (AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400 or equivalent).
- Experience across AWS and/or GCP environments.
- Financial Services or other highly regulated industry experience.
- Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform experience.
- Exposure to cloud governance, security, and compliance programmes.