Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

gravity9 is a boutique IT consulting company headquartered in the UK with offices in the US, Canada, Poland, and Colombia. Our team has deep experience in engineering, experience design and product management. We enjoy a challenge and pride ourselves on working with our clients on their most complex problems, finding elegant and flexible solutions that help them transform their businesses.

Join Our Growing Team - Future Opportunities Await!

We are excited to share that our company is experiencing significant growth and expansion, and as a result, we're on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.

Thank you for considering the opportunity to be a part of our growing journey. We look forward to the possibility of working together and achieving great things.

Role Description

We are looking for a smart, enthusiastic DevOps engineer with a keen interest in current technology. Using your experience of DevOps and engineering best practices, you will be involved in the design and implementation of secure and scalable applications that are transforming industries. You will take an active part in team discussions and you will work collaboratively with your colleagues to identify, prioritise and deliver features which bring value to our clients.

We believe small, multi-disciplinary teams are most effective in delivering complex change. As such, we are looking for someone with a collaborative mindset who is happy to be flexible and take on different responsibilities over the lifetime of our projects.

Role requirements - technical skills and experience

This role will suit a highly capable DevOps with at least 5 years of experience working with Azure. Skills and experience should include:

• Experience building independent web-based tools, microservices, and solutions.
• Proficient in Terraform and writing scripts and automation using Bash, PowerShell, and Helm.
• Experience working with Azure.
• Configuration of complex CI/CD pipelines, especially Azure DevOps.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and AKS is required.
• Management of source control GIT.
• Good understanding of how IT operations are managed.
• Development methodologies: familiarity with agile working and test-driven development. Use of JIRA.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent command of and proficiency in spoken and written English (working directly with UK/US-based clients).
• Education: An excellent result in computer science or another STEM subject is recommended, either at the MSc or BSc level, but alternative education pathways will be considered.
• Knowledge of utilizing AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code) to accelerate and streamline development and everyday task

Nice to have:

• Experience working with other cloud providers (AWS or GCP)
• AWS Professional Certifications

Role requirements –soft skills

Key attributes and behaviours to succeed in this role will be:

• Delivery focus - strong analysis and problem-solving skills. Ability to evaluate, design and implement effective solutions. Flexibility to adapt skills to a spectrum of client engagements, use cases and modes of change delivery.
• Exemplary standards of personal integrity and respect for others – professional approach to all aspects of client engagement and collaborative team working, able to quickly build relationships based on trust and transparency. Strong presentation and written and verbal communication are essential given the client facing nature of the role.
• Value driven - Creative thinking, with aptitude for innovation and strong desire to exceed client expectations.
• Energy – positive attitude and determination to learn and succeed.

While this is a fully remote position, physical residence in Poland is required.