Senior DevOps Engineer

CompanyVIQU IT Recruitment

LocationLeicester, England, United Kingdom

Posted At12/8/2025

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£52,300 (£26.82 per hour)

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Description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Leicester – 3 days per week minimum on-site

£64,000 – £72,000 – No Sponsorship Available

VIQU have partnered with a major UK technology-led retailer undergoing significant modernisation across its platforms and cloud estate. Known for its scale, pace and investment in engineering, this organisation empowers teams to innovate, challenge convention, and introduce new tooling and practices.

They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to drive automation, streamline CI/CD delivery, and support a large transformation from on-premise systems to Azure. You’ll work closely with development teams to enhance environment reliability, optimise release processes, and embed secure, scalable cloud practices across the business.

The Role

You’ll automate the creation and deployment of environments, integrate testing within pipelines, govern codebase consistency, and support performance and diagnostic activities. You’ll also contribute to cloud setup, application monitoring, audit/security collaboration, and drive process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Automate Dev/Test/Pre-Prod/Prod environments
Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with automated testing
Govern environment consistency and branching strategies
Create secure data refresh processes and scripts
Set up IIS/Node.js servers, NuGet/NPM repositories
Support performance and volume testing
Implement monitoring and diagnostics tooling
Contribute to cloud configuration and best-practice adoption
Maintain documentation and support security/audit activities

Tech Stack

Azure, Terraform, Azure DevOps (Boards, Pipelines YAML, Repos, Artifacts)
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker Compose
.NET Framework/Core, ASP.NET Core, C#, Node.js, React
PowerShell, Bash
SQL Server, NoSQL
Windows & Linux servers
Git, DevSecOps tooling (SonarCloud, CrowdStrike)
Microservices & cloud migration experience

If you enjoy modernising environments, building scalable automation, and influencing cloud transformation within a technology-positive organisation, this role offers both impact and progression.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or contact Aaron Chiverton via the VIQU IT website. Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to £1,000 if successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities, follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment.