Senior DevOps Engineer at TECHNOLOGY AND RISK RECRUITMENT LTD, Buckinghamshire, £Contract Rate

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Milton Keynes, UK (Hybrid - 1 day onsite weekly)
Duration: 6-Month Contract (strong extension potential)
Rate: £250 - 300 outside IR35 DOE

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer / Senior Developer to join a fast-paced engineering environment supporting critical cloud and infrastructure initiatives. This role will play a key part in strengthening CI/CD capabilities, Kubernetes infrastructure management and disaster recovery processes within a modern Azure-based platform environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps
• Work extensively with YAML-based pipeline configurations
• Support and manage Kubernetes / AKS environments
• Contribute to disaster recovery activities including secondary repository and image backup strategies
• Support DevOps automation, deployment and platform reliability initiatives
• Collaborate closely with engineering and infrastructure teams on cloud-native solutions

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years' commercial experience within DevOps / Cloud Engineering / Development environments
• Strong hands-on Azure DevOps (ADO) experience
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
• Strong Kubernetes and AKS expertise
• Strong YAML pipeline experience
• Experience working within cloud-native environments

Desirable Experience

• ArgoCD
• Istio
• Gloo Mesh / API Gateway technologies
• Disaster Recovery / backup strategy experience

Additional Information

• Hybrid working model - 1 day onsite in Milton Keynes
• Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential
• Immediate interview process