Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer
£500 – 550 per day (Outside IR35)
Fully Remote
Initial 3-6 Months
June Start
Overview
We're supporting a consultancy taking ownership of a large-scale Azure-hosted platform within a highly regulated environment. As part of the service transition, we're looking for a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to help support, stabilise and modernise a cloud-native environment comprising bespoke applications, automation services and operational tooling.
The environment includes Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, platform automation, monitoring, security, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure Service Bus and API integrations.
We're particularly interested in engineers who enjoy working within complex existing environments, improving reliability, automation and operational excellence while supporting critical production services.
Responsibilities
* Support and maintain a complex Azure-hosted platform environment
* Review and understand existing infrastructure, deployment pipelines and platform architecture
* Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure and deployment issues
* Improve automation, monitoring and operational processes
* Manage and enhance Infrastructure as Code and deployment tooling
* Work closely with software engineers, API developers and front-end teams
* Support platform security, resilience, scalability and performance initiatives
* Contribute to platform modernisation and continuous improvement activities
* Assist with knowledge transfer and service transition activities
* Support live production services within a regulated environment
Experience Required
* Strong background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure or Site Reliability Engineering.
* Hands-on experience supporting and maintaining production Azure environments.
* Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, ARM Templates and infrastructure automation.
* Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker and containerised applications.
* Strong understanding of Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins and deployment automation.
* Experience with platform monitoring, alerting, incident management, security and operational support.
* Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
* Familiarity with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure Service Bus and API-driven integrations.
* Comfortable operating within existing environments, supporting live services and contributing to platform modernisation initiatives.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders in a regulated environment.
Desirable
* Experience within healthcare, government or other regulated environments.
* Experience supporting platform transitions or managed service engagements.
* Exposure to software engineering teams working with Python and API-driven applications.
* Experience helping shape platform roadmaps and improvement initiatives.
Contract Details
* Outside IR35
* Initial 3-6 month engagement
* Fully remote
* June start
* Strong likelihood of extension
This is an excellent opportunity to join a critical service transition and play a key role in supporting and improving a cloud-native platform used within a highly regulated research environment.