DevOps Engineer - Azure / Data Platforms

Job title: DevOps Engineer - Azure / Data Platforms

Duration: 3 months rolling

Day Rate: To be confirmed / Negotiable

Clearance required: SC Eligible

Location: Manchester, Blackpool, Leeds or Newcastle

Overview:

• We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with strong Microsoft Azure experience to join a technical delivery team supporting cloud-based data platforms and services.
• The successful candidate will have hands-on experience across Azure cloud, infrastructure automation and data engineering technologies, with particular knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Lake.
• We are looking for someone proactive and delivery-focused who can work effectively across engineering, cloud and data teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and support cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure.
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Support Azure-based data platforms and associated infrastructure.
• Work with Azure Data Factory to support data integration and pipeline workloads.
• Support solutions using Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Lake.
• Automate deployment, configuration and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot issues across cloud infrastructure and data services.
• Work collaboratively with developers, data engineers and other technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across DevOps tooling, processes and engineering practices.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong commercial experience within DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Azure Data Lake.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting cloud-based data platforms and data pipelines.
• Strong automation and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work proactively with limited supervision.
• Good understanding of modern DevOps and Agile delivery practices.

Desirable Skills

• Databricks.
• Apache Kafka.
• Kafka Connect.
• Broader data engineering and ETL/ELT experience.
• Containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• Previous experience working within large-scale government or enterprise environments.

If you are available and interested in this opportunity, please apply for further information. Please note that due to high volumes of applications we are unable to contact every applicant. If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

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