DevOps Engineer - Azure & Terraform

Contract: Initial 12-month contract
Rate: Up to £500 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: London (3 days per week onsite)

We're recruiting for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a major enterprise data transformation programme. You'll be responsible for building and supporting cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and enabling the delivery of a large-scale Azure-based data platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications and data platforms.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to support scalable Azure environments.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to implement secure, resilient cloud solutions.
• Manage Azure services and deployment pipelines while driving automation across development and release processes.
• Support large-scale data platforms and ETL workloads, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Troubleshoot deployment, infrastructure and automation issues across development and production environments.
• Promote DevOps best practices, governance and operational excellence.

Essential Skills

• Strong commercial experience in DevOps engineering within Azure cloud environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of GitLab and deployment automation.
• Scripting experience using PowerShell or Shell.
• Experience with Azure services, including Azure DevOps and related platform services.
• Exposure to big data or data engineering environments, including technologies such as Spark, Cloudera, Hive, or HDFS.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and problem-solving skills.