Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Description

This role is a Dev Ops Engineer to join the Financial Crimes development group  team builds enterprise‑strength software for large financial institutions to detect and prevent fraud and money laundering. The Dev Ops Engineer bridges development and operations to design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available Azure‑based infrastructure and delivery pipelines that enable rapid, high‑quality software delivery.

Reporting To
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Software Development Manager, Financial Crimes

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure (IaaS and PaaS) to support Financial Crimes applications, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code (ARM templates, Terraform, Azure Bicep or similar) to automate provisioning and lifecycle of cloud resources.
• Build, operate, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines and release automation (build, test, package, deploy) to support agile delivery.
• Automate operational tasks and deployments using Power Shell, Bash, Python or similar scripting languages.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional scrum teams (developers, QA, security, product) to support sprint delivery, elaboration sessions and production operations.
• Integrate automated testing into pipelines (unit, integration, system and automated functional tests) and support Test/Behavior Driven Development practices where applicable.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize application and infrastructure performance and cost using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and cost‑management tools.
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices (Azure Security Center, Key Vault, IAM/RBAC, NSGs, firewalls) and support compliance and governance controls.
• Design and validate backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions using Azure Backup and Site Recovery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment‑related incidents and production defects; participate in root‑cause analysis and remediation.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, estimate implementation effort, perform code/release reviews for automation and IaC, and document runbooks and operational procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement of development and operational practices, including pipeline reliability, observability, release cadence and environment reproducibility.

• 3+ years industry experience in software/infrastructure delivery or Dev Ops roles (or equivalent experience).
• Hands‑on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS services (Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, App Services, Azure AD).
• Proven experience implementing Infrastructure‑as‑Code using ARM templates, Terraform, Azure Bicep or equivalent tools.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Power Shell, Bash, and/or Python).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working in continuous build and integration environments.
• Familiarity with development best practices: source control, code reviews, refactoring, unit testing, automated integration/system tests, and release management.
• Experience with enterprise .NET development and web applications (C#/.NET Framework or .NET Core) or demonstrated collaboration with .NET development teams.
• Working knowledge of web technologies (Angular, Type Script, JavaScript) and web services.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (T‑SQL, DDL/DML) and Microsoft IIS.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts in Azure (VNet, VPN/Express Route, Load Balancers, Azure Firewall, NSGs).
• Knowledge of cloud security controls, identity and access management (IAM/RBAC) and secrets management (Azure Key Vault).Experience with monitoring, log aggregation and alerting tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics) and cost optimization practices.
• Familiarity with agile and iterative development practices and experience working on cross‑functional scrum teams.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes / AKS).
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops Services, Git Hub Actions or comparable CI/CD platforms.
• Experience authoring automated functional and system tests and applying TDD/BDD practices.
• Experience designing disaster recovery plans and using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup in production.
• Azure certifications (for example: Azure Administrator, Azure Dev Ops Engineer) or other relevant cloud/IaC certifications.
• Prior experience in financial services or security/fraud‑related applications.

• BSc Hons degree or equivalent in a technical or engineering discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• 3+ years experience in software development, cloud infrastructure, or Dev Ops/automation roles.