Senior DevOps Engineer

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Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)
£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | Remote

Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment.
You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team.
We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security.

Role & Responsibilities

Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines
Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments
Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team
Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns
Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles
Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking
Skills and Experience

Experienced DevOps Engineer
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage)
Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps
Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team
Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams
Desirable

Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104)
Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management
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Location:
Tower Hill
Salary:
£550 - £650 /day
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT

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