DevOps Consultant | 6 Month initial contract | 2 Days onsite per week into Manchester | £500 InsideIR35Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and support cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure across a range of customer engagements and industry sectors.
Deliver across the full solution lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, automation, optimisation, and operational enablement.
Build and maintain modern DevOps capabilities, includinginfrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, anddeployment automation.
Support and enhance container platforms, monitoring solutions, and cloud governance frameworks to improve reliability, visibility, and control.
Contribute to the design and operation of hybrid cloud environments and support integration with legacy technologies where required.
Participate in solution design, delivery planning, and technical discussions, working closely with customers and internal teams to achieve successful outcomes.
Apply strong consulting and engineering expertise to deliver high-quality solutions, support customer success, and contribute to continuous improvement across Azure, automation, platform engineering, and cloud security.
About the candidate:
A minimum Bachelor’s degree (2.1 or higher) is required in IT, Computer Science, or in a Technology-related field
Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, including compute, networking, storage, monitoring, and identity
Practical knowledge of DevOps practices, including automated build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code, ideally with Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform
Understanding of cloud governance, FinOps principles, landing zones, and security baselines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a professional customer-facing presence
Demonstrable ability to work independently and within cross-functional delivery teams
DevOps Consultant | 6 Month initial contract | 2 Days onsite per week into Manchester | £500 InsideIR35