DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Technical DevOps Engineer – Artifact Management

Duration: Until December 31, 2025 (with potential renewal)

Workload: Full time hours

Setup: Freelance (Daily rate / Limited Company / Umbrella / Sole Trader)

Location: London, Hybrid – Weekly office attendance required (3 days onsite incl. Monday & Friday)

A leading client is urgently seeking a DevOps Engineer to support artifact management and infrastructure migration from on-prem to Azure cloud.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and enhance infrastructure systems and development tooling
• Improve security posture across CI/CD tools and hosting environments
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot infrastructure issues
• Support migrations from on-prem to Azure cloud
• Administer and maintain CI/CD tools including GitLab, Nexus, and AKS
• Collaborate with global teams to design and scale infrastructure solutions
• Automate builds and deployments using Maven, Gradle, and Helm
• Provision and optimize cloud-native resources using Terraform and ARM templates

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong experience with RedHat Linux, Solaris x86, and scripting (Bash/Python)
• Hands-on with GitLab, Nexus Repository Manager, Nexus Lifecycle (IQ)
• Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and tooling
• Kubernetes and Helm expertise
• Infrastructure management across on-prem and Azure environments
• Experience with Terraform and PowerShell scripting
• Familiarity with Azure services (ACR, Azure Monitor, diagnostics)

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Databricks
• Background in large-scale infrastructure upgrades and DevOps automation
• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code using ARM templates