Senior DevOps Engineer
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Role Overview
The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for the development, maintenance, and optimisation of Bromcom’s Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
Reporting to the DevOps Team Lead, this role plays a key part in ensuring the stability, security, and scalability of the organisation’s cloud platform.
This is a hands-on technical role with responsibility for delivering infrastructure, improving automation, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and supporting platform reliability.
The role requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement across Azure and DevOps practices.
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Job description
The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for the development, maintenance, and optimisation of Bromcom’s Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Reporting to the DevOps Team Lead, this role plays a key part in ensuring the stability, security, and scalability of the organisation’s cloud platform.
This is a hands-on technical role with responsibility for delivering infrastructure, improving automation, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and supporting platform reliability. The role requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement across Azure and DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
Azure Infrastructure
Design, deploy, and maintain Microsoft Azure resources and services
Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM or similar)
Ensure Azure environments are secure, scalable, and highly available
Perform platform maintenance, upgrades, and continuous improvements
CI/CD & Automation
Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
Automate deployment and operational processes to reduce manual effort
Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline and deployment issues
Drive improvements in release reliability and deployment efficiency
Monitoring & Incident Management
Monitor platform health, performance, and availability
Investigate and resolve production incidents in a timely manner
Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures
Enhance logging, alerting, and observability across the platform
Security & Governance
Implement Azure security best practices and policies
Manage identity and access controls in line with governance standards
Ensure compliance with engineering standards and change management processes
Contribute to cost optimisation and efficient resource usage
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, and technical leads
Participate in planning, stand-ups, and technical discussions
Maintain and improve infrastructure and process documentation
Contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps practices and tooling
Skills & Experience
- Essential
- Proven experience working in a DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering role for 5+ years
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services, networking, storage, identity, etc.)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM or similar)
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)
- Good understanding of cloud networking concepts (DNS, routing, load balancing, firewalls)
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Application Insights, Log Analytics, etc.)
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues across infrastructure and application layers
- Understanding of security best practices (identity management, least privilege, secure configs)
- Familiarity with source control (Git) and modern development workflows
- Desirable
- Knowledge of scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)
- Experience working with Azure Front Door, WAF, or CDN technologies
- Exposure to observability tooling (distributed tracing, metrics platforms)
- Experience with cost management and optimisation in Azure
- Understanding of DevOps principles and Agile delivery practices
- Personal Attributes
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively
- Good communication and collaboration skills
- Keen interest in learning and developing cloud and DevOps expertise
About Bromcom Computers Plc
UK family-owned EdTech software provider delivering cloud school management and finance systems to schools, trusts, and local authorities.
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