Job Description
Lead Azure DevOps Engineer (Contract)Duration: 6 monthsRate: £650 - £670 per day (Umbrella)Location: South West England/Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Chippenham, Gloucester, Newport, Taunton (Hybrid working)We are looking for a senior hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer for an exciting 6-month contract in the South West. Acting as the most senior technical authority within our Cloud Engineering team, you will provide technical leadership across complex, business-critical Azure services-without the distraction of line management.If you excel at setting engineering standards, automating infrastructure, and driving cloud excellence, this is the ideal high-impact role for you.Skills:Set the Standard: Establish and assure engineering standards, patterns, and designs across CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), source control, and Azure DevOps administration.Technical Leadership: Guide complex architectural decisions, lead technical responses to major incidents, and mentor the wider engineering team.Automation andamp; CI/CD: Continuously improve automation across build, deployment, and operational processes.Cloud Security andamp; Architecture: Ensure robust security standards (Zero-Trust, RBAC, PIM, secret management) alongside networking and security teams.Collaboration: Work closely with Solution Architects, developers, and stakeholders in a collaborative hybrid setup.What You''ll NeedExtensive, hands-on experience engineering and running secure, resilient Azure-based services in ..... full job details .....