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# DevOps Engineer (Azure)

- **Company:** Leap29
- **Location:** Dartford, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £51,457.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Build Automation, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Windows PowerShell, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Software Engineering, SonarQube, Tripwire, Software Vulnerability Management, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Cloud Monitoring, Delivery Pipeline, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Azure AKS, Azure Resource Manager, Docker, Static Application Security Testing, Vulnerability Analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5921886153

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience with Azure DevOps, including Pipelines, Repos and Releases.
 * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, ideally AKS, and Docker.
 * Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines within production environments.
 * Good working knowledge of Azure services such as App Services, Functions and Storage.
 * Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Bash or a similar scripting language.
 * Experience with vulnerability management, patching and secure DevOps practices.
 * Understanding of security scanning and code quality tooling.
 * Experience with tools such as Snyk, Dependabot, Trivy, SonarQube, Azure Monitor or Application Insights would be beneficial.
 * A strong interest in automation, continuous improvement and building secure, reliable platforms.
 * Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with software development, infrastructure and cloud teams.

## Description

As part of this continued investment, they are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join an existing technical team and take ownership of Azure-based CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments and cloud infrastructure automation.

This is a hands-on technical position suited to someone who enjoys improving the way software is built, tested and deployed. You will work closely with development, infrastructure and cloud teams, helping to improve automation, reliability, security and overall engineering efficiency.

 * Design, build and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.
 * Automate build, testing and deployment processes to reduce manual intervention and improve release efficiency.
 * Support and manage Kubernetes environments, ideally Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), for containerised applications.
 * Work closely with software development teams to implement CI/CD best practice and modern deployment strategies.
 * Drive the adoption of Docker, containerisation and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Identify, assess and remediate vulnerabilities across application code, CI/CD pipelines and Azure infrastructure.
 * Integrate security tooling into development and deployment pipelines, including SAST, DAST and dependency scanning.
 * Manage patching and updates across container images, Kubernetes components and Azure resources.
 * Contribute to cloud platform governance, security standards and continuous improvement.
 * Help maintain secure, reliable and scalable cloud environments aligned with recognised security and compliance standards.