Lead Azure DevOps Engineer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£75,026 - £92,522
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	M2 3LR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Aug 2026
Closing date:	31 Aug 2026

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Summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Are you excited about the opportunity to protect critical citizen facing services from cyber threats at scale?

Are you passionate about cloud technologies, automation, and building secure, resilient platforms?

Can you provide technical leadership while driving engineering excellence across DevOps and Azure services?

If so, we're looking for an experienced Lead Azure DevOps Engineer to help shape and deliver the future of cloud engineering.

In this role, you'll lead the design and evolution of enterprise DevOps capabilities across our Azure platform, driving automation, improving delivery speed, and embedding secure by design principles across critical services. You'll provide technical leadership, set engineering standards, and support teams in adopting best practices across CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud governance, and observability.

Working with modern Azure technologies, you'll architect secure, scalable, and highly available solutions, champion DevSecOps and Zero Trust principles, and help drive the adoption of cloud native approaches that improve reliability, resilience, and value for money.

This is a fantastic opportunity to influence strategy, mentor engineers, and lead the delivery of secure digital services that millions of people rely on every day.

Lead the strategy, architecture, and continuous evolution of enterprise Azure cloud and DevOps capabilities.
Define and embed best practice across CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud governance, and engineering standards.
Provide technical leadership and assurance, acting as a subject matter expert and influencing key architectural decisions.
Architect, deploy, and support secure, scalable, and highly available Azure solutions using modern cloud native technologies.
Drive automation and delivery excellence through Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Azure native tooling, enabling reliable and repeatable deployments.
Champion DevSecOps, observability, resilience, and cost optimisation through proactive monitoring, security controls, and disaster recovery practices.
Mentor engineers and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to build capability, drive continuous improvement, and deliver secure, high quality services.

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