Azure DevOps Engineer - £85,000 - Leeds - #1694148

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - £85,000 - Leeds

Join a leading provider of global supply chain solutions

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with proven experience delivering projects that involve direct customer interaction, such as datacentre migrations and the deployment of new or existing environments and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily support activities using the Azure Portal, automation scripts, and service management tools, whilst dedicating additional time to ongoing service improvement initiatives.


• Take responsibility for technical customer engagements, including implementation projects and Proof of Concepts.


• Support customers in deploying their workloads to Azure by providing expert guidance, helping them develop their own cloud adoption frameworks, and offering solutions to any challenges encountered.


• Contribute to Servent’s cloud adoption strategies tailored to each customer.


• Quickly adapt to rapidly evolving technologies, work independently, and respond to challenges in a constructive and professional manner.


• Hold current Microsoft Azure certifications.

Requirements

The core responsibility of this role is to support enterprise customers in their transition to Azure — whether migrating from on-premises environments or implementing new solutions. To succeed, you should demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Certification as an Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or higher.


• Strong skills in the design, implementation, and support of Azure environments.


• Good understanding of ITSM practices and ITIL frameworks.


• Experience working with either Hyper-V or VMware private cloud environments.


• Practical experience with:


• Azure Monitor


• Azure Security Centre


• Azure Migrate


• Azure Site Recovery


• Azure Database Migration Service


• A minimum of 4 years' hands-on experience with Azure, ideally at an enterprise level.


• Successful delivery of multiple projects either independently or as part of a team.


• Experience with third-party assessment and migration tools.


• Automation of Azure resource deployment using ARM/Bicep templates, Shell scripting, PowerShell, and Terraform.


• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps and GitHub.


• Deep expertise in Azure networking services, including:


• Network Security Groups


• VPN Gateways


• Load Balancers


• Application Gateway


• Traffic Manager


• ExpressRoute


• Azure DNS


• Private Endpoints


• A thorough understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 identity management.


• Administration experience across Microsoft Windows Server, SQL Server, Remote Desktop Services, IIS, Active Directory, and DNS.


• Any experience with enterprise networking principles — such as IP addressing, firewalling, and public DNS — would be advantageous.


• A strong infrastructure background, including ADFS, AD, GPO, DNS, DHCP, and Remote Desktop Services.


• Demonstrable experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting complex systems and environments.


• Experience delivering solutions across Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, with exposure to cloud-first and hybrid architecture models.

REQUIRES BRITISH CITIZENSHIP OR ILR

Interested in the role? Please apply directly to this advert, you can also schedule a call with me by emailing your CV to ***********@jeffersonfrank.com, or reach out on LinkedIn “Harry Shemmings”.