Active SC - Azure DevOps Engineer - Remote - 12 Months
10 days ago
Manchester
Job Title: Azure DevOps Engineer Rate: £476 (Inside IR35) Duration: 12 Months Location: Remote - One day onsite in Manchester per week Clearance: Active SC Stages: 1 Stage Key Responsibilities CI/CD Strategy & Automation • Define end-to-end CI/CD strategy, including branching models, environment promotion, and approval gates., • Establish reusable pipeline templates for build, deploy, security scanning, policy compliance, SBOM generation, and model evaluation hooks., • Design and implement Bicep module structure, adopting Azure Verified Modules and defining versioning strategy., • Integrate secret management solutions (Managed Identity, Key Vault references) across pipelines., • Oversee platform observability bootstrap, including Log Analytics workspace linkage, DCRs, and dashboards-as-code (where feasible)., • Lead and advise on CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices., • Support timely and high-quality delivery of platform components, resolving blockers and ensuring governance adherence., • Strong expertise in Azure DevOps pipeline design, including security and compliance gates., • Advanced IaC skills (Bicep), modular design, and release versioning., • Experience in security and compliance automation (Azure Policy, vulnerability scanning tools)., • Proficiency in container build optimization, artifact provenance, and SBOM generation., • Monitoring and logging enablement (Application Insights, Log Analytics queries)., • Deep knowledge of Azure PaaS services:, • Identity & Security: Entra ID, Key Vault, App Configuration, • Networking & Delivery: Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, • Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, • Compute & AI: Container Apps, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, Azure AI Search, • Data & Storage: Storage Accounts, Cosmos DB, Redis Cache, Container Registry