Lead DevOps / SRE Engineer - Up to £85k + Bonus - Azure

A leading financial Services company based England (London OR Bristol locations) are looking to hire a Lead DevOps / SRE Engineer with expertise in Microsoft Azure.

The role can be based in London or Bristol. Salary up to £84k + 10-15% bonus + 21% pension (with 6% contribution) + health care etc.

We are looking for a Lead DevOps/SRE Engineer with proven DevSecOps skills, to support our transformation and the future growth of the business. The client is simplifying it’s IT estate, removing legacy systems and delivering innovative solutions through Cloud adoption (Azure), AI and expanding Their digital services. With automation at the heart of everything they are doing, you should have a strong hands-on understanding of CI/CD tools, to build secure and reliable applications. You should have significant strength Azure.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain applications in Cloud and On-prem, through CI/CD pipelines
• Develop automation scripts for deployment and maintenance of applications
• Monitor system performance and health; identify opportunities for optimization
• Ensure compliance with all security policies and standards
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, identify root causes
• Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations for improvements
• Document system configurations and processes

Essential skills needed

• Application support within a Financial Services context (SaaS, PaaS, Cloud, On-Prem hosted applications)
• Relevant experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer
• Highly proficient in scripting languages like Powershell, Python, Ruby, Bash, and programming languages like C# for automating tasks and creating tools.
• Strong experience in a Azure cloud-based environment and related services
• Experience of Azure cloud engineering within containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Demonstrates following sound engineering practices, especially utilising automation tools, working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, Jenkins or GitHub Actions (or similar)
• Possess first class API and interfacing skills
• Used to working within Agile frameworks and can coach others to do the same
• Good understanding of networks, firewalls, load balancers and associated infrastructure needs
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Effective communication and enjoys collaboration with cross-functional teams

If this is a opportunity you would like to be considered for please apply now!

Thank you.