Azure DevOps Platform Engineer

Job Title: Azure DevOps Platform Engineer
Job Type: Permanent
Location: London (Hybrid)
Industry: Fintech Startup
Salary: £60,000-£65,000 (Dependant on experience)
Skills: Azure, Containerisation, Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, Azure SQL, Service Bus

Roc Search are looking for an experienced DevOps Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Azure, Azure DevOps, and related technologies to join an exciting fast-paced Fintech startup client in London. The successful candidate will work alongside their Lead Systems Engineer. In this role, you'll implement, manage, and support mission-critical, client-facing Azure environment using best practices in Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, automation, CI/CD, and disaster recovery - all within a collaborative, fast-paced setting.

This will be suited for a Mid Level Engineer with 2-5 years of DevOps experience

Responsibilities:
▪ Maintain and configure scalable, highly available, and secure Azure hosted solutions
▪ Provide support for business-critical infrastructure resources and application components, across development, test and client production environments
▪ Manage Entra ID for secure identity management and access control
▪ Configure, maintain and manage Azure Kubernetes clusters, that host cloud-native applications
▪ Configure, maintain and manage CI/CD tooling, branch policies and pipeline agents
▪ Respond and investigate security alerts generated by Microsoft Sentinel
▪ Configure and maintain end user compute policies with Microsoft Intune
▪ Maintain and contribute to the security and compliance plan, including regular involvement in penetration testing, escrow deposits, backup verification and BCP testing
▪ Work across development and production environments, independently, with colleagues and with third-party suppliers, to ensure robust application performance
▪ Monitor and support our production platform, conduct troubleshooting whilst collaborating with the Development team, and resolving issues within the agrees service level agreements (SLAs)

Essential Requirements:
▪ Experience working with Microsoft Azure, alongside Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform)
▪ Proven knowledge of configuring and managing Azure SQL, Service Bus, AKS Clusters, Container Registries, Entra ID, SignalR and Azure Networking technologies
▪ Experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm) is essential
▪ Proven expertise in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) and leveraging automation tools to streamline deployments and operations
▪ Strong knowledge of PowerShell and YAML for configuration management and automated deployments
▪ Applied experience of designing and implementing disaster recovery plans with low RTO and RPOs
▪ Great attention to detail, and meticulous in every aspect of the day-to-day work
▪ Excellent written and verbal communication and collaborative skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
▪ Experience with incident, monitoring and alert management, following ITIL processes
▪ Strong understanding of security and data protection practices
▪ Strong experience in DevOps practices such as continuous integration and deployment, and proficiency with Git and branching strategies
▪ Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Desirable Requirements
▪ Familiarity with SQL, with the ability to understand schemas and write basic queries
▪ Understanding of authentication and authorisation protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), and the various flows available for different scenarios
▪ Familiarity with REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven architecture and microservice patterns

This opportunity is ideal for someone who is:
▪ A technical specialist in Azure and Azure DevOps
▪ Passionate about supporting projects, but also dedicated to delivering exceptional, high-quality solutions as part of a tight-knit team
▪ Driven and eager to grow and achieve their highest potential, in an environment offering exposure to cutting-edge solutions and the chance to work extremely talented teams
▪ Wants to be mentored from experienced individuals in the FinTech sector
▪ Interested in the end client and their business

This is a hybrid role in the City of London