SC Cleared DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Rate: £700.00 - £750.00 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote
Clearance Required: Active SC Clearance

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced SC Cleared DevOps Engineer to join a major public sector programme delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, cloud platforms, and operational resilience. You'll work within agile multidisciplinary teams to design, build, and operate highly available services while driving DevOps best practices across the delivery lifecycle.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of YAML pipeline development.
• Experience delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in enterprise environments.
• Experience with:
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Azure Functions
  • API-led architectures
  • Cloud-native platforms
• Strong understanding of:
  • Azure Networking
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Cloud Security
  • Monitoring & Observability
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud-native solutions within Azure.
• Deliver infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment pipelines.
• Build resilient, secure, and scalable platforms.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines covering build, test, deployment, and environment promotion.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and automated recovery capabilities.
• Support zero-downtime deployments and release automation.
• Contribute to architecture reviews, engineering standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, availability, resilience, and recovery requirements.

What We're Looking For

You'll be a technically strong DevOps Engineer with proven Azure expertise and a passion for automation, cloud engineering, and platform reliability. You'll be comfortable working in highly governed environments and delivering secure, enterprise-scale cloud solutions.

If you have strong Azure, Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud platform engineering experience, we'd love to hear from you.