Job Description
DevOps Engineer
📍 Durham (Hybrid)
Competive Salary - DOE
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join a growing Platform Engineering team within a fast-paced, technology-led organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a collaborative engineering environment focused on innovation, scalability, and continuous improvement.
You’ll play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting secure, highly available cloud infrastructure while helping shape engineering best practices across the business.
The role offers a hybrid working model, with regular office collaboration expected in Durham.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Collaborating on the design and implementation of secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimised cloud infrastructure
- Deploying and managing infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
- Monitoring and maintaining platform availability and operational performance
- Working closely with cross-functional engineering teams in an Agile environment using Scrum and Kanban methodologies
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across tooling, processes, and delivery practices
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform, YAML, and ARM templates
- Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure environments
- Experience using Azure DevOps and working within Cloud Adoption Framework principles
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, containerised services, and Helm chart management
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset
Desirable Experience:
- Using AI-powered tools to improve development productivity and engineering workflows
- Cost optimisation and FinOps best practices
- Exposure to C# .NET environments
- Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Bicep
- Linux administration experience, particularly Ubuntu
- Understanding of observability and monitoring platforms
- Awareness of business continuity and resilience principles
What’s on Offer:
- Opportunity to work within a modern engineering culture with strong technical standards
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Hybrid working model
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Please note: candidates should expect a technical exercise as part of the interview process.