DevOps Consultant

DevOps Consultant | 6 Month initial contract | 2 Days onsite per week into Manchester | £500 InsideIR35

Responsibilities:

• 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, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment 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

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