Job Description
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Azure DevOps Engineer – 6-month contract – SC Cleared – London/Remote – Outside of IR35
My SC Cleared customer is seeking a highly skilled Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer with deep, hands-on experience in Azure-native engineering and advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. This role is ideal for someone who operates at the intersection of DevOps and Software Engineering—bringing a strong development mindset to infrastructure design, automation, and testing.
Key Skills & Experience from the Azure DevOps Engineer:
- Active SC Clearance ideal/lapsed considered
- Advanced Azure Engineering
- Strong experience designing for high availability
- Deep understanding of Azure-native services and architecture patterns
- Github actions
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Expert-level proficiency with Terraform and/or Bicep
- Strong focus on modularity, reusability, and maintainability
- Experience integrating automated testing frameworks (e.g. Terratest, Checkov)
- Azure Networking & Security
- Hands-on experience with:
- Managed Identities
- Private Endpoints
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- CI/CD & Automation
- Proven experience building advanced pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Strong understanding of pipeline orchestration, automation, and deployment strategies
Key Responsibilities of the Azure DevOps Engineer:
- Design and implement high availability Azure architectures, including regional failover and load balancing strategies embedded within IaC templates
- Build and maintain scalable, reusable Terraform and/or Bicep modules following best practices in modular design
- Github actions
- Champion Test Driven Development (TDD) principles within infrastructure pipelines
- Implement automated security and compliance checks using tools such as Checkov or Terratest
- Develop and manage complex CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions
- Engineer secure Azure environments using Managed Identities, Private Endpoints, and RBAC
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