Senior Devops Engineer

Leicester
2 months ago
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Location: Leicester | Hybrid – 3 days on site | Salary: £60,000 – £70,000

VIQU is partnering with a leading organisation on a major cloud and DevOps transformation, moving from on-premise to a cloud-first Azure environment. This is a high-impact opportunity for a Senior DevOps Engineer to work closely with development teams, shaping CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and modern cloud services.

Key Responsibilities
• Automate the creation and deployment of Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Prod environments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated automated testing
• Manage source code, branching strategies, and environment consistency
• Implement secure data refresh and anonymisation processes
• Monitor applications, servers, and services, and support performance testing
• Manage NuGet/npm repositories and IIS/Node.js servers
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline processes
• Document environments and provide Azure cloud guidance
• Collaborate with Security and Audit teams to ensure compliance

Key Requirements
• Strong experience with Terraform (IaC) and Azure DevOps (Repos, Boards, Artifacts, YAML pipelines)
• Hands-on Azure cloud infrastructure experience and on-premise to cloud migrations
• Docker & Kubernetes (including Helm/Docker Compose) and microservices experience
• PowerShell/Bash scripting, Windows & Linux servers, Git, SQL/NoSQL databases
• Networking fundamentals and DevSecOps tooling (SonarCloud, CrowdStrike)
• Exposure to .NET Framework/Core, ASP.NET Core, C#, Node.js, and React

Apply now to discuss the role in confidence with Phoebe Rees at VIQU IT Recruitment. Know someone great? Refer them and earn up to £1,000 if successful (T&Cs apply). Follow VIQU IT Recruitment on LinkedIn for more roles and opportunities

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