Senior DevOps Engineer
Salary: up to £65,000
Based: Leeds - hybrid
About the Role
My client is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team within a leading banking organization. This role will play a key part in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, supporting mission-critical banking platforms.
You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to enable continuous delivery while ensuring compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines on Microsoft Azure
* Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
* Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar
* Ensure high availability, performance, monitoring, and disaster recovery for production systems
* Collaborate with development teams to support containerized and microservices-based applications
* Enforce security best practices, identity management, and compliance requirements in a banking environment
* Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues
* Mentor junior engineers and contribute to DevOps best practices across the organization
Required Skills & Experience
* 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
* Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, security)
* Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based version control
* Solid understanding of containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes / AKS)
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep)
* Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)
* Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments (banking, financial services, insurance)
* Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
Nice to Have
* Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400)
* Experience with security tooling, DevSecOps practices, and compliance frameworks
* Exposure to microservices architecture and API management
* Experience with Agile / DevOps operating models