Microsoft DevOps Engineer

The Microsoft Dev Ops Engineer designs, implements and supports secure, resilient and automated Microsoft Azure platforms. The role owns CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, cloud operations, monitoring and continuous improvement, working closely with infrastructure, security, application and project teams to accelerate reliable technology delivery.

• Design, deploy and manage Microsoft Azure environments in line with approved architecture and governance standards
• Support Azure landing zones, networking, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery services
• Optimise cloud platform performance, resilience, capacity and cost

• Design and maintain Azure Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines using reusable YAML templates
• Automate infrastructure and application deployment using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates
• Manage Git repositories, branching controls, pull requests, artefact versioning and release processes
• Develop Power Shell, Azure CLI and workflow automation to reduce manual operational effort

• Implement monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights
• Investigate platform and deployment incidents, complete root cause analysis and drive corrective actions
• Maintain operational dashboards, service documentation and platform health reporting

• Embed Dev Sec Ops  controls, secure coding checks, secrets management and vulnerability remediation into delivery pipelines
• Apply least privilege, RBAC, Entra , Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management controls
• Support security reviews, audits and compliance requirements, including ISO 27001-aligned practices

• Partner with developers, infrastructure, security, data and business teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
• Contribute to Agile planning, technical design reviews and release readiness activities
• Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, standards and knowledge articles
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve reliability, delivery speed and operational efficiency

• Azure;
  Azure landing zones; virtual machines; storage; VNETs; NSGs; VPN;
  Express Route;
  Azure Backup;
  Site Recovery;
  Key Vault;
  Azure Policy

• Azure Dev Ops Services;
  Azure Repos;
  Azure Pipelines; YAML;
  Git; branching and release strategies; artefact management; continuous integration and deployment

• Terraform;
  Bicep; ARM templates; configuration management; reusable modules; environment standardisation

• Microsoft Entra ;
  Conditional Access; RBAC; PIM; MFA; SSO;
  Microsoft Intune and endpoint management

• Power Shell;
  Azure CLI;
  Bash;
  Python desirable; REST APIs; automation runbooks; workflow integration

• Docker;
  Kubernetes;
  Azure Kubernetes Service;
  Azure Container Registry; cloud-native and microservices concepts

• Security by design; secure SDLC; secrets management; vulnerability management; policy compliance; threat monitoring; ISO 27001 awareness

• Azure Monitor;
  Log Analytics;
  Application Insights; incident management; root cause analysis; performance optimisation; SRE principles

• Agile and Scrum; stakeholder management; technical documentation; problem solving; knowledge sharing; vendor collaboration; continuous improvement

• Three to five or more years of Azure, cloud engineering or Dev Ops experience
• Practical experience building and supporting Azure Dev Ops pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, identity, networking and deployment tooling
• Experience working within Agile, change-controlled and security-conscious enterprise environments
• Microsoft Certified:
  Dev Ops Engineer Expert, Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert is desirable
• Terraform Associate and ITIL Foundation certifications are desirable
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise database structures and data models
• Strong understanding of relational database design principles, normalization, indexing, and data integrity
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database administration
• Knowledge of data platform architecture including transactional, reporting, and analytical workloads
• Experience designing data integration solutions between ERP, CRM, HR, and business systems
• Ability to create and maintain logical and physical data models, entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), and data dictionaries
• Experience implementing data governance, security, retention, and auditing controls
• Understanding of modern Microsoft data platforms, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, and Microsoft Fabric
• Experience supporting reporting and analytics solutions using Power BI

• Proactive, methodical and accountable, with strong attention to…