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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior DevOps Engineer - **Company:** Wtw - **Location:** Guildford, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, User Authentication, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Software as a Service, Software Debugging, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Windows PowerShell, Cloud Services, Prometheus, YAML, Datadog, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Monitoring, Grafana, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Low Latency, Terraform, Devsecops, Api Management, Key Vault, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** July 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/40499568/ ## About the Role What you'll bring The essential skills/experience for this position are: Strong experience with OpenTofu/Terraform for IaC. Hands-on expertise with AKS, including: cluster operations node pools & autoscaling ingress, cert-manager, CNI workload deployment patterns Experience of Azure Cloud Services: Azure Front Door (AFD) and API Management (APIM) Azure DNS, Key Vault, MSI, networking, identity / Azure Entra ID Monitoring: Datadog, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor Skilled in Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) automation. Proficient in Azure DevOps: repos, pipelines, artifacts. Solid understanding of Azure networking, DNS/private endpoints, Certificate/Secret management etc Strong debugging and operational experience (SRE mindset). Solid experience of DevSecOps architecture, processes & tooling Solid understanding of Observability Process & Tooling Logging, metrics, traces, dashboards Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are: Experience with: GitOps - ArgoCD or GitOps workflows Zero downtime deployments (blue/green/canary patterns) Prometheus/Grafana Microsoft Azure Certification (Az-104, Az-305, Az-400). Kubernetes Certification (CKA). Terraform Associate / OpenTofu equivalent (when available). Experience with high volume low latency SaaS systems. Experience with distributed and event driven architectures. Experience with Ingress Solutions such as Azure Front Door and API Management. Experience with IAM, Authentication / Authorisation. Degree-educated in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent industry experience Appreciation of current and emerging technologies along with their potential benefits and limitations. General knowledge of the Insurance Industry. ## Description As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will join a substantial global engineering organisation and work in a team of highly skilled engineers in the SaaS platform area. You will be part of a team that follows Agile methodologies to deliver market-leading insurance solutions. This is a new position created as the organisation continues to grow and accelerate the delivery of innovative solutions that harness the latest advances in technology. The role is to work on the evolution of the SaaS delivery platform for WTW's flagship product Radar Live SaaS. You will have worked on large scale and globally deployed SaaS applications that have a mature stack management capability. A sound technical background is essential to be successful in this role with experience in delivering large scale Cloud services. The ideal candidate will enjoy building automated, environment-agnostic cloud platforms. Have strong troubleshooting and operational instincts. Prefer IaC and policy-driven automation over manual work. Be comfortable working across Dev, Ops, Security, and Architecture. Can balance reliability, quality, speed, and practical engineering trade-offs. The Role As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be expected to: Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Maintain and extend IaC modules using OpenTofu (Terraform fork). Implement reusable, parameterized templates for Azure infrastructure. Automate environment provisioning across development and production. Manage backend state, pipelines, and state-change detection integrations. Platform Engineering & SRE Own and improve reliability, observability, and performance of the platform. Implement SLOs, alerting, dashboards, and auto remediation where possible. Troubleshoot cluster level, networking, and workload deployment issues. Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and drive long-term reliability improvements. Automation & Tooling Develop automation scripts and tooling in PowerShell. Build and optimize Azure DevOps (ADO) YAML pipelines. Integrate automated testing, security scanning, and automated rollout strategies like blue/green or canary where appropriate. Workflow & Delivery Work in an Agile environment using ADO for planning and tracking. Collaborate closely with developers, platform engineers, and security. 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