This role is advertised on a 12 month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. The salary for this role is £45,000.
As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you will design and manage DevOps pipelines across PaaS-based Azure environments, embedding secure‑by‑design principles and meeting industry and government security standards. You will work closely with development, operations and security teams to deliver automated, secure, and scalable services, while supporting live and non‑production platforms. The position includes 3rd‑line support, break‑fix and out‑of‑hours cover on a shift basis, platform optimisation, and providing hands‑on technical support to development teams.
Responsibilities
- Deploying, monitoring, maintaining and improving our Azure platform.
- Providing timely and efficient break‑fix support to resolve system issues and minimise downtime in line with Service Level Agreements, including out‑of‑hours.
- Monitoring system performance, availability and capacity, performing infrastructure‑as‑code optimisation to ensure cost efficiency and reliable service.
- Providing 3rd‑line support for live Azure Platform services, addressing complex issues and coordinating with internal teams to maintain service uptime.
- Delivering and supporting the customers' infrastructure requirements for service enhancements and new projects.
- Leveraging deep expertise in Microsoft Azure's IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings to design, implement and manage cloud‑based solutions that align with business and technical needs.
- Designing, building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with design partners, enabling faster, more reliable software releases.
- Implementing best practices for version control, continuous integration and code review processes.
- Using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Terraform to provision and manage Azure cloud resources, ensuring consistent, secure and reproducible infrastructure deployments.
- Implementing security best practices and aligning infrastructure with compliance frameworks such as the Azure Security Benchmark, CIS benchmark, NIST and NCSC.
- Configuring real‑time monitoring and alerting within Azure to gain insights into application performance and system health, setting up proactive alerts to respond to incidents and anomalies promptly.
- Fostering strong relationships with software development, testing and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of DevOps practices.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in Azure DevOps managing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure networking and zero‑trust methodologies, primarily working in a live services support environment.
- Knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code principles and tools such as Terraform and Azure Resource Manager (ARM), and experience provisioning and managing cloud resources.
- Understanding of security best practices for cloud environments and the ability to implement these practices and align infrastructure with compliance frameworks such as the Azure Security Benchmark, CIS benchmark, NIST and NCSC.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders and communicate technical concepts and solutions clearly and concisely.
- Experience developing using JavaScript and C#.
Reporting structure
This role will report to the Azure Engineering Manager and will sit within our Service department.
Benefits
- A fully remote and flexible working set up.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days (plus Bank Holidays).
- 1 Privilege Day.
- 4x annual salary Life Assurance.
- Market‑leading pension scheme through Legal & General.
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies.
- Excellent learning, training and career development opportunities.
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Livestock Information Ltd. does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Livestock Information Ltd. cannot sponsor work visas at this time.
#J-18808-Ljbffr