Details:
- Salary: £475 - 525 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Nationwide
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Azure DevOps Engineer
* Contract (6-months)
* Remote Working
* Market Rates (c£475 to £525 per day)
The Opportunity:
We are currently supporting a on a major central government project (Government Digital Services / GDS) n the search for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to join their technology team on an initial 6-month contract basis.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute towards large-scale cloud and infrastructure initiatives within a highly secure, mission-critical environment, supporting platforms and services that underpin nationally significant operations.
The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing and optimising Azure-based DevOps and cloud engineering capabilities, helping to drive automation, scalability, security and operational resilience across modern cloud platforms.
Skills and Experience:
* Strong commercial experience within Azure cloud and DevOps engineering environments
* Proven experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
* Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g. Terraform, ARM, Bicep or similar)
* Experience working with containerisation and orchestration technologies
* Good understanding of cloud networking, monitoring and security best practices
* Strong scripting and automation capability (PowerShell, Bash or Python)
* Experience working with Git-based version control platforms
* Ability to work effectively within agile, fast-paced delivery environments
* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Role and Responsibilities:
* Design, build and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and DevOps environments
* Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments and release management
* Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using industry best practices
* Support containerised and cloud-native application deployments
* Collaborate with engineering, architecture and operational teams to improve platform reliability and scalability
* Monitor platform performance, security and availability, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement
* Support cloud migration, automation and modernisation initiatives
* Ensure environments adhere to security, governance and compliance standards
* Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment-related issues
* Contribute towards continuous improvement across DevOps tooling, processes and operational practices
NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around two weeks’ lead-time).
Applications:
Please contact James here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?