Senior Engineer (Infrastructure/DevSecOps)
Company
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/13/2025
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Description
The Vacancy
Based in our Glasgow office, we are seeking a senior engineer to lead cloud infrastructure automation initiatives on Microsoft Azure. We are looking for an experienced professional with a strong operations background who can serve as a subject matter expert within multi-disciplinary Dev(Sec)Ops teams.
We are open to considering candidates on a part time or full-time basis
What will your role look like?
In this role, you will architect, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code principles. You will leverage programming languages such as Python and TypeScript, automation tools like Bicep and Ansible, Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, and Git for version control. Your expertise will span cloud PaaS/IaaS services, Windows and Linux systems, and containerised environments.
A key aspect of this position involves enabling engineering teams through knowledge sharing and creating automation solutions that make best practices the default choice, enhancing operational maturity, system reliability, and security posture across the organisation.
Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:
In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer:
About Us
Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.
We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.
Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.
We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.
We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.
Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here .
If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.
Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have.
We Offer
Our culture
We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.
Job satisfaction
Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.
Reward and wellbeing
We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.
Flexible working
We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.
Latest technology
We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.
Career development
There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.
Based in our Glasgow office, we are seeking a senior engineer to lead cloud infrastructure automation initiatives on Microsoft Azure. We are looking for an experienced professional with a strong operations background who can serve as a subject matter expert within multi-disciplinary Dev(Sec)Ops teams.
We are open to considering candidates on a part time or full-time basis
What will your role look like?
In this role, you will architect, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code principles. You will leverage programming languages such as Python and TypeScript, automation tools like Bicep and Ansible, Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, and Git for version control. Your expertise will span cloud PaaS/IaaS services, Windows and Linux systems, and containerised environments.
A key aspect of this position involves enabling engineering teams through knowledge sharing and creating automation solutions that make best practices the default choice, enhancing operational maturity, system reliability, and security posture across the organisation.
Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:
- Architect, implement, and maintain automated, resilient infrastructure solutions within Microsoft Azure using Infrastructure as Code principles
- Develop and maintain high-quality automation code to interact with cloud services APIs
- Build, manage, and optimise CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for automated testing, validation, and deployment of infrastructure changes
- Configure and automate Azure networking components and system management across Windows, Linux and containerised environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, automation, and deployment pipeline issues
- Serve as subject matter expert within multi-disciplinary DevOps teams, providing technical guidance and support to engineering teams
- Collaborate with development, security, and operational teams to integrate infrastructure automation
- Provide technical mentoring and guidance to digital community
- Champion best practices for infrastructure automation, operational procedures, and security standards
- Establish processes and standards that improve quality, stability, and operational maturity
- Contribute to technology strategy, business planning, and award-winning continuous improvement initiatives
- Drive adoption of automation solutions that make best practices the default choice across the organisation
- Foster a DevOps culture that promotes team autonomy and engineering excellence
- Engage in continuous learning to stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
- Evaluate and incorporate new technologies and methodologies
- Proven direct experience managing and automating infrastructure within Microsoft Azure (covering both IaaS and PaaS).
- Strong programming and automation programming proficiency using Python / TypeScript.
- Experience managing both Windows Server and Linux operating systems in complex environments.
- Solid understanding and practical experience with Azure networking services and concepts.
- Understanding of security best practices for Azure cloud environments and secure programming.
- Experience using MS Graph and Azure SDKs and CLI for automation.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities for infrastructure and automation challenges.
- Demonstrable experience applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Azure Bicep or ARM Templates.
- Proficiency in building and managing CI/CD YAML based pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Strong practical Git skills for version control in a team setting.
- Familiarity with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration platforms like Azure Container Apps or Docker Swarm.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell or Shell (Bash).
- Experience with configuration management tools, particularly Ansible.
- Understanding of software development best practices (testing, versioning).
- Experience with IT Service Management working practices and principals.
- Experience with cloud monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies using tools like Azure Monitor and Open-Telemetry
- Experience in hybrid cloud environments with traditional on-premises infrastructure.
In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer:
- A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
- A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
- On site mental health and wellbeing assistance.
- A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
- Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday.
- Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments – with the expectation of two ‘in-office’ days per week.
- A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm.
About Us
Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.
We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.
Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.
We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.
We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.
Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here .
If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.
Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have.
We Offer
Our culture
We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.
Job satisfaction
Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.
Reward and wellbeing
We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.
Flexible working
We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.
Latest technology
We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.
Career development
There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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