Lead Azure DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Deliver daily technical leadership and guidance for an Agile delivery team.

• Design, construct, automate, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure.

• Establish technical direction, plan and coordinate team efforts, ensure delivery quality, and uphold project governance.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, deployment pipelines, and secure, scalable solutions.

• Convert priorities and approved architecture into a feasible engineering plan.

• Direct sprint planning, refinement, delivery, review, and retrospectives.

• Eliminate obstacles and escalate any constraints.

• Review and validate work against acceptance criteria, engineering standards, security controls, and documentation requirements.

• Keep platform engineering items updated in the RAID log.

• Assist in project planning with estimates, sequencing, dependencies, progress updates, and forecasts.

• Document technical and delivery decisions in the decision log.

• Provide governance reports on delivery status, quality, risks, dependencies, decisions, and actions.

• Collaborate with Architecture to implement the approved High-Level Design (HLD).

• Create, coordinate, and approve Low-Level Designs (LLDs) related to implementation, interfaces, networking, access controls, deployment, monitoring, support, and operations.

• Identify design gaps and secure approval prior to implementation.

• Document architecture decisions, exceptions, and deviations in logs, plans, and technical documentation.

• Work closely with Architects, Developers, DevOps Engineers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience with the Azure platform: Databricks, Azure Functions, IAM/RBAC, Storage Accounts, Networking, Virtual Machines, Key Vault, Monitoring, and Alerting.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines and CI/CD implementation.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps Repos/Git and branching strategies.

• Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose.

• Experience with security and vulnerability scanning using Trivy or similar tools.

• Skills in Bash and/or Python scripting and automation.

• Understanding of Azure networking: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, and DNS.

• Monitoring and troubleshooting experience in Azure environments.

• Background in highly regulated/secure environments, including solutions without Internet access.

• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

• Eligibility for SC clearance is a must.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pension Scheme with contributions matched up to 10%.

• Private medical coverage.

• Income Protection.

• Life Assurance.

• 25 days of paid leave plus National Holidays.

• Flexible benefits program.

• Opportunities for Professional Development.

• Exposure to diverse projects.