DevOps Engineer

Azure DevOps Engineer Contract: 6 Months Initial Rate: £500/day Inside IR35 Location: Split between Leeds or London (1-2 days per month onsite) We're supporting a major public sector programme looking for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to join an established cloud platform team. You'll be responsible for managing and improving Azure infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, environment management and platform security, while supporting an ongoing migration and future Azure migration activities. Key Requirements: Strong Azure infrastructure experience, including Azure Front Door, Container Apps, Key Vault, DNS and Storage Proven Infrastructure as Code expertise using Bicep (essential) and Terraform Experience with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps pipelines Strong understanding of secure deployment practices and environment promotion strategies Experience managing containerised workloads in Azure Knowledge of identity and authentication solutions including Keycloak and OpenID Experience with DNS management, certificate management and Azure networking Environment administration across Dev, QA, Demo, Training and Production environments Platform hardening, security improvements and remediation of penetration testing findings Experience supporting disaster recovery, failover and resilience planning Project Focus Areas: Azure tenant migration activities Infrastructure and environment alignment Azure migration readiness CI/CD optimisation and deployment automation Access management and platform administration Test and performance environment setup and maintenance Essential Experience: Previous NHS or wider UK Government/Public Sector experience Experience working within regulated, security-conscious environments Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to operate independently Apply now or email for more information