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# Senior/Lead DevOps

- **Company:** Layer7
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Subnetting, Key Management, Log Analysis, Routing, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Services, Prometheus, Azure DevOps Pipelines, SAS (Software), Data Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Azure AKS, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-D9B083F0B21C2CCD0A/

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure in enterprise environments.
 * Strong experience designing, deploying, and administering Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
 * Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes, including deployments, services, ingress, secrets, certificates, persistent storage, RBAC, and troubleshooting.
 * Strong practical experience with Terraform, including modular and reusable IaC patterns.
 * Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Private Link, DNS, and routing.
 * Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure DevOps Pipelines.
 * Experience with Azure identity and security services, including Microsoft Entra ID, Managed Identities, RBAC, and Azure Key Vault.
 * Good understanding of containerisation technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes.
 * Experience working within secure enterprise or government cloud environments.
 * Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, security, and deployment pipelines.

Highly Desirable

 * Previous experience deploying or supporting SAS Viya, particularly SAS Viya 4 on Kubernetes.
 * Experience deploying SAS Viya on Azure/AKS.
 * Experience with Helm, Kustomize, GitOps, or similar Kubernetes deployment/configuration approaches.
 * Experience implementing monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, or Grafana.
 * Experience working with private or restricted AKS architectures and enterprise landing zones.
 * Understanding of Azure governance, including Azure Policy, tagging, resource management, and security controls.
 * Previous experience delivering cloud solutions within UK Government, DWP, or similarly regulated environments.

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer to support the deployment of SAS Viya on Microsoft Azure, with a particular focus on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Infrastructure-as-Code, networking, security, and CI/CD automation.

The successful candidate will work closely with the HCS team, SAS specialists, cloud/platform engineers, security teams, and other technical stakeholders to establish the Azure infrastructure and deployment capability required for the Proof of Concept (POC)., * Lead the deployment and configuration of SAS Viya onto Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), working collaboratively with the HCS team.

 * Design, build, and configure the Azure Landing Zone resources required to support the POC and SAS Viya workloads.
 * Develop reusable and maintainable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate Azure infrastructure provisioning.
 * Configure Azure networking and connectivity, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, routing, DNS, Private Endpoints/Private Link, and associated security controls.
 * Deploy, configure, and manage Kubernetes resources within AKS, including namespaces, deployments, services, storage, ingress controllers, certificates, secrets, and configuration.
 * Implement secure management of application secrets and certificates, ideally integrating with Azure Key Vault.
 * Establish and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application/platform deployments using tooling such as Azure DevOps or equivalent.
 * Implement appropriate RBAC, identity, access controls, and security policies across Azure and Kubernetes environments.
 * Troubleshoot deployment, networking, Kubernetes, security, and infrastructure issues across the end-to-end SAS Viya platform.
 * Work with architecture, security, platform, and application teams to ensure solutions align with established cloud standards and security requirements.
 * Produce technical documentation, deployment procedures, configuration guidance, and operational handover documentation.
 * Provide technical leadership and support to other DevOps/platform engineers, driving DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.