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Lead Azure DevOps Engineer
£130,000 - 140,000
JLA Resourcing Ltd
Marlow Road, Camberley
£130,000 - 140,000
Requirements
Must:
- UK Citizen with current UK SC Clearance
- Senior-level Lead DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in large-scale Azure environments
- Expert-level hands-on experience with Terraform, including module design and reusable patterns, state management, and workspace strategy
- Strong background in CI/CD engineering with tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar
- Solid understanding of Agile/DevSecOps principles and the broader software delivery lifecycle
- Proficient with supporting tools such as GitHub, SonarQube, Robot, TestRail, Ansible, and Unix Bash scripting
- Able to analyse complex systems, coordinate installations or upgrades, and plan platform transitions
- Strong communicator capable of working with cross-functional teams, customers, Scrum Masters, and security stakeholders
- Broad hands-on knowledge of Azure services spanning compute, networking, identity, security, logging, and monitoring
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain Azure cloud environments using Terraform as the primary IaC tool
- Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules, manage state securely, and enforce IaC governance and standards
- Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support automated testing, secure deployments, and environment consistency
- Drive DevOps best practices across the programme, enabling automation, observability, configuration management, and resilience
- Implement secure-by-design principles across the platform, aligning with MOD/government security expectations
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies, collaborate on requirement shaping, and support risk identification and mitigation
- Work closely with security, platform, software, and systems engineering teams to ensure integrated delivery
- Support cross-training initiatives to strengthen DevSecOps capability across the wider programme
Description
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Lead DevOps Engineer to play a pivotal role in a major Defence, MOD, and Government transformation programme. This largely remote position may require travel to customer sites two days a month. The contract is initially for 3 months with a strong possibility of extension until 2027. Our programme functions within a complex, high-stakes delivery environment, and we are looking for someone who can effectively lead the engineering and automation efforts, ensuring cohesive and secure platform delivery. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation and excellence.
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