Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) - Azure

About the job Role: Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) Location: Remote (UK) Length: 3-Month Initial Contract (most likely extended) Day Rate: £400–£500 per day (Outside IR35) Key Skills: Extensive Azure experience Terraform AKS GitOps - Argo CD The Opportunity We're seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join a major cloud transformation programme, taking ownership of Infrastructure as Code delivery and the implementation of a modern Azure landing zone. This is a hands-on technical role where you'll lead infrastructure delivery, shape technical design, and work closely with engineering and security teams to build a scalable, secure Azure platform. You'll be responsible for driving the day-to-day technical direction while collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver a modern cloud-native environment. What You'll Be Doing Lead the design and delivery of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Build and implement a secure Azure Landing Zone. Design and deploy Azure networking including hub-and-spoke architecture, NSGs, routing, private DNS, Key Vault and Entra ID/RBAC. Define and maintain Terraform module and repository standards. Drive technical discussions, low-level design (LLD) and infrastructure best practices. Prioritise technical backlogs and work closely with engineering teams to deliver key milestones. Build Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for Infrastructure as Code. Develop multi-tenant Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments. Support GitOps and service mesh implementations alongside internal specialists. Evaluate infrastructure technologies and provide technical recommendations. Produce architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical documentation. Mentor engineers and promote DevOps and Infrastructure as Code best practices across the team. Essential Skills Extensive commercial experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer. Strong Microsoft Azure infrastructure experience. Expert knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code. Experience designing Azure Landing Zones. Strong understanding of Azure networking, including: Hub-and-spoke networking Network Security Groups (NSGs) Route Tables Private DNS Azure Key Vault Microsoft Entra ID and RBAC Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) experience. CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps. Experience with Git version control and repository management. Strong understanding of cloud security and infrastructure architecture. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Desirable Experience GitOps using ArgoCD. Istio Service Mesh and mTLS. Helm. Cloudflare. Azure Firewall or other enterprise firewall technologies. Kubernetes security, network policies and multi-tenant environments. Policy-as-Code tools such as Kyverno. Container security, image signing and supply chain security. Experience working within Agile delivery teams. What You'll Deliver During the initial contract you'll help deliver a modern Azure platform by: Building a production-ready Azure Landing Zone using Terraform. Implementing scalable Azure networking and security architecture. Delivering reusable Infrastructure as Code modules and standards. Supporting the deployment of a multi-tenant AKS platform. Enabling automated infrastructure deployments through Azure DevOps pipelines. Working towards an end-to-end cloud platform capable of supporting secure application deployments across development, test and production environments.