Sr Associate - DevOps

Responsibilities

Design, plan and implement Azure cloud solutions with a strong focus on automation, IaC, and DevOps principles.
Lead and deliver cloud platform projects including systems architecture, proofs-of-concept, and production deployments.
Support the transition of on-premise workloads into Azure, ensuring resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Contribute to the development of cloud governance frameworks covering networking, identity, security, tagging, and operational processes.

Build, maintain, and optimise Azure CI/CD pipelines (YAML-based), integrating automated testing and quality checks.
Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, and Git-based workflows.
Create and maintain scripts using PowerShell and AZ CLI to drive automation, repeatability, and operational efficiency.
Ensure cloud environments follow best practice for monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery.
Partner closely with .NET development teams to strengthen cloud-native development and deployment skills.
Work alongside Application Architects and Security teams to ensure platform designs meet strategic and compliance requirements.
Support Product Managers to ensure platform initiatives align to business objectives and delivery timelines.
Provide technical input on solution designs, cloud patterns, and build/release strategies.

Resolve cloud-related issues, ensuring reliability, performance, and security of Azure services.
Identify opportunities for automation, optimisation, and governance improvement across the platform.
Actively contribute to continuous improvement in DevOps maturity, engineering tooling, and cloud operating models.

Maintain high-quality documentation covering cloud environments, patterns, and processes.

Provide coaching and mentorship to less experienced developers.
Support skill development across teams using the SFIA-based capability framework.
Lead by example in professionalism, technical discipline, and collaboration.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Knowledge, Skill, ability

Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel, or similar cloud monitoring/security tools.
Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, AKS) and modern deployment patterns.
Exposure to cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
Understanding of .NET development environments and build pipelines.

Strong hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS services in a DevOps environment.
Advanced experience building Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (including YAML).
Strong proficiency in Terraform (or comparable IaC tooling).
Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and AZ CLI.
Understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, identity, RBAC, and resource organisation.
Knowledge of DevOps principles including automation, observability, GitOps, and continuous delivery.
Experience supporting cloud migrations from on-premise environments.