Azure DevOps Engineer - Active SC Clearance required

Summary: The Azure DevOps Engineer role requires an experienced professional with active SC clearance to design, implement, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines and infrastructure. This hands-on position involves collaboration with architecture, security, and development teams to ensure secure and scalable cloud operations. The role is fully remote and classified as outside IR35, with a focus on continuous delivery and operational excellence in Azure environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, enhance, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for CI/CD across multiple environments.
• Deploy and manage Azure services using Infrastructure as Code (ARM/Bicep/Terraform).
• Implement and manage Azure RBAC, policies, and role assignments following least-privilege principles.
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, private endpoints, and connectivity components.
• Support and implement Azure security best practices, contributing to secure-by-design cloud operations.
• Manage Azure Firewall configuration and perform firewall rule changes in line with security guidelines.
• Work with service principals, managed identities, and secure authentication and authorisation patterns.
• Support and optimise SQL-related tasks, including connectivity, access configuration, and integration with Azure services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability, performance, and quality of cloud environments.
• Produce clear documentation for builds, deployments, access controls, and operational processes.

Key Skills:

• Active SC Clearance (mandatory).
• Strong practical experience with Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, boards, artifacts).
• Solid hands-on experience with key Azure services (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Storage, VMs, Networking, etc.).
• Strong understanding of Azure RBAC.
• Azure networking (VNets, NSGs, routing, private endpoints).
• Azure security principles and best practices.
• Experience with SQL (connectivity, permissions, security).
• Service principals / managed identities.
• Firewall configuration and change management.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) beneficial.
• IaC experience with ARM/Bicep/Terraform highly desirable.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in fast-paced, secure environments.

Salary (Rate): £75.00/hr

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT