Azure DevOps Engineer (Hybrid, Edinburgh)

THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE: PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE OF EDINBURGH (WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED OTHERWISE) The Role: - Make releases routine: fast, repeatable and safe. - Own our CI/CD pipelines and Azure infrastructure as code. -  Keep test and production environments secure, observable and cost-effective. - Work closely with developers and coach them on pipelines and Azure. - Help the whole team own building and deploying software, rather than handing it off. Key Responsibilities: - CI/CD: design, build and maintain YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps, including build, automated test, release approvals and environment gates for test and production. - Infrastructure as code: provision and manage Azure resources with Bicep or Terraform, versioned and deployed through pipelines rather than the portal. - Azure platform: look after App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, Storage, Key Vault, networking and, where used, containers (AKS or Container Apps). - Security and access: manage Microsoft Entra ID access, managed identities, service connections and secrets; apply least privilege and keep secrets out of code. - Monitoring and reliability: set up Azure Monitor, Application Insights and alerting; take part in incident response and blameless post-incident reviews. - Database deployment: automate schema changes and migrations for Azure SQL safely across environments. - Cost management: track and reduce Azure spend, for example by right-sizing resources and scheduling non-production environments. - Ways of working: maintain branch policies, pull request checks and repository standards; document processes in the team wiki. - Collaboration: support and coach developers on pipelines, Azure and good release practice. - Scaling: design and configure services to scale with demand, using autoscaling for App Service, AKS or Functions, and load-test before major releases. - Messaging and event-driven processing: build and support asynchronous workflows with Azure Service Bus, including queues, topics, retries and dead-letter handling. Essential Skills and Experience - [3+] years in a DevOps, platform or cloud engineering role. - Hands-on experience building YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps (or GitHub Actions, with willingness to move to Azure DevOps). - Strong working knowledge of core Azure services: App Service, Functions, Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault, virtual networks. - Infrastructure as code with Bicep, ARM or Terraform. - Scripting in PowerShell and/or Bash; comfortable with the Azure CLI. - Confident with Git, branching strategies and pull request workflows. - Understanding of Entra ID, role-based access control and secure secret management. - Clear communication: you can explain technical choices to developers and non-technical colleagues. Desirable Skills: - Containers: Docker, Azure Container Apps or AKS. - Some knowledge of PostgreSQL. - .NET build and deployment experience. - Automated database deployment (SQL projects/DACPAC, EF Core migrations or Flyway). - Observability with Application Insights, Log Analytics and KQL. - Experience in financial services or another regulated environment (audit trails, change control, data protection). - Microsoft certifications such as AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) or AZ-305 (Solutions Architect).