DevOps Engineer
NRG (Northern Recruitment Group)
Durham, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 65KJob location
Durham, United Kingdom
Tech stack
ASP.NET
Agile Methodologies
Artificial Intelligence
Azure
Bash
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Ubuntu (Operating System)
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Linux
DevOps
Python
Linux System Administration
Powershell
YAML
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Application Enhancement Tool
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Bicep
Cloud Migration
Terraform
Azure
Job description
- Collaborate on the design and implementation of secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimised cloud infrastructure
- Deploy and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
- Monitor and maintain platform availability and operational performance
- Work closely with cross-functional engineering teams in an Agile environment using Scrum and Kanban methodologies
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across tooling, processes, and delivery practices
Technologies:
- AI
- ARM
- Azure
- Bash
- C#
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Helm
- Support
- Kanban
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- PowerShell
- Python
- Terraform
- Ubuntu
- ASP.NET
Requirements
- Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform, YAML, and ARM templates
- Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure environments
- Experience using Azure DevOps and working within Cloud Adoption Framework principles
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, containerised services, and Helm chart management
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset
- Desirable: experience using AI-powered tools to improve development productivity and engineering workflows
- Desirable: cost optimisation and FinOps best practices
- Desirable: exposure to C# .NET environments
- Desirable: scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Bicep
- Desirable: Linux administration experience, particularly Ubuntu
- Desirable: understanding of observability and monitoring platforms
- Desirable: awareness of business continuity and resilience principles
Benefits & conditions
We are a fast-paced, technology-led organisation with a growing Platform Engineering team focused on innovation, scalability, and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a DevOps Engineer and help shape engineering best practices across the business. We offer a hybrid working model, with regular office collaboration expected in Durham, alongside a collaborative and supportive team environment, ongoing learning and development opportunities, and a competitive salary and benefits package. Please note that candidates should expect a technical exercise as part of the interview process.