Azure Devops Engineer ( SC Cleared)
HybridTaunton, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Design and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines supporting continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of client services. Provision and manage Azure cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and Bicep), configuring platform services including WebApps, EventHub, KeyVault, Azure SQL, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Logic Apps. Implement container orchestration for cloud and hybrid environments while establishing observability tooling for logging, metrics, alerting, and distributed tracing. Integrate security tooling into pipelines to ensure configurations align to client security baselines, CIS benchmarks, and CAF 4.0 standards. Manage environment segregation and controlled release processes, supporting onboarding of development teams to platform tooling and engineering standards. Maintain documentation for platform architecture, runbooks, and deployment procedures. This role requires SC Security Clearance, with candidates without existing clearance supported through the vetting process. Attendance in Taunton, Somerset, for a minimum of two days per week is a firm requirement.
Required Qualifications
- SC Security Clearance
- Proven experience with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-native architecture patterns
- Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Bicep
- Extensive Azure DevOps experience (Pipelines, Boards, Repos)
- Experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or equivalent)
- Understanding of cloud security, identity management, and DevSecOps tooling
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline design including automated security gates
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tooling (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics)
- Attendance in Taunton, Somerset, a minimum of two days per week
Desired Qualifications
- Azure certifications (e.g. AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-500)
- Knowledge of hybrid cloud and data centre integration
- Familiarity with NCSC Secure by Design and CAF 4.0
- Experience with legacy integration patterns
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