DevOps Engineer

Overview

In this DevOps Engineer role, you will design, build and evolve our Azure-based cloud platform foundations to support IT and Software Engineering teams, while enabling AI capabilities across Azure and AWS. You’ll work with cross-functional groups to ensure secure, repeatable, and scalable cloud environments, delivering robust platforms that align with the firm’s priorities. This is a hands-on role with a focus on governance, automation, and collaboration, based in Bristol with hybrid working. You will contribute to ongoing cloud and AI initiatives and participate in a monthly server maintenance window.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salaries
• generous benefits
• health and wellbeing initiatives

Responsibilities

• Design and build the Azure Cloud Platform foundations, including landing zones, structures and policy controls
• Define centralized ingress/egress patterns aligned with security and governance
• Shape platform identity, subscription/account structures and architectural controls
• Act as DevOps and cloud platform SME providing guidance through design and service management
• Develop Infrastructure as Code modules (Terraform) and deployment patterns
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub and automation tooling)
• Create standards, docs, and reusable patterns for cloud engineering
• Maintain Dev/Test/Live environments with clear ownership and processes
• Collaborate with Software Engineering to deploy AI capabilities on Azure and AWS
• Support Azure Virtual Desktop and related Azure services for End User Computing
• Implement monitoring, security controls, and cloud cost governance with FinOps
• Apply ITIL practices and oversee releases, changes, incidents, problems, and improvements
• Mentor and coach teams to raise cloud and DevOps capability
• Balance project delivery with BAU work, including monthly maintenance window
• Foster cross-team collaboration and professional service mindset across Business Services

Key requirements

• Demonstrable DevOps, cloud platform or infrastructure automation experience in a complex environment
• Strong engineering judgment to turn architecture into working platforms
• Experience coordinating and prioritising multi-team workstreams
• Clear, accurate technical documentation and operational processes
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines under time pressure
• Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues and explaining technical concepts
• Strong communication with stakeholders across IT Operations, Software Engineering, End User Computing, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture and FinOps
• Practical understanding of SDLC and ITIL/ITSM practices including incident, problem, change and continual improvement
• Expert knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, and reusable deployment patterns
• Strong CI/CD experience for application and infrastructure delivery
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Experience with cloud platform/landing zone design, identity, network topology, governance controls
• Knowledge of centralized cloud ingress/egress, private connectivity, DNS, firewalls, load balancing and Zero Trust
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications and AI/data workloads in Azure or AWS is desirable
• Experience in monitoring, observability, vulnerability scanning, backup, recovery and operational assurance for cloud services
• Understanding of FinOps principles including tagging, cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting and optimisation
• Azure Virtual Desktop experience desirable
• Broad IT Operations knowledge including networking
• Experience with ServiceDesk and incident/problem/change management tools

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Mentoring and coaching capability
• Collaborative and cross-functional teamwork
• Terraform (IaC)
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub)
• Azure (and AWS) cloud platforms

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