DevOps Engineer

Department: Technical Services Reporting to: Technical Services Manager Location: Milton Keynes/Homebased - with the expectation to attend Graphnet Group office sites at least once per month, or as and when required for team collaboration days. Overview: We are a British healthcare software development company that build and deliver market leading applications in the integrated care record and population health space. We’ve previously been awarded “Outstanding” by Best Companies, earning a top 100 spot in the Mid-Sized Companies category, amongst other accolades. Following recent successes of our solutions, we’re looking to expand and continue to innovate in our space. We have high ambitions and looking to bring in highly skilled individuals to help continue our adoption of Azure-native services and building a best-of-breed scalable SaaS platform for our solutions. The person we are looking for must have 5+ years enterprise experience with Azure, who can demonstrate a real passion for cloud and security technologies, with strong problem solving and critical thinking, good communication skills and a strong work ethic. Working within an existing Core Infrastructure Team and part of a wider DevOps Consortium, the individual will have a diverse workload covering (but not limited to): Automation of infrastructure and software rollout using automated pipelines (ADO / GitHub Actions), including quality gates such as approvals and code quality scanning.Work alongside the Security Team to implement security controls, analyse and help remediate on internal and SoC flagged issues, whilst assisting with internal vulnerability scanning.Deploy / Maintain Infrastructure, using an IaC approach.Design and develop automated scaling and failover using deep health checks and insights.Work closely with other departments, such as Ops and TechOps, to facilitate the smooth running of the cloud services by providing utilities, dashboards and scripts etc.Continuous improvement and testing of DR / BCP to ensure high availability. Personal Attributes: Able to work well as an individual and as part of a teamTake part in architectural discussions with technical / non-technical team membersAble to self-manage and self-motivateA strong interest in security posture hardeningAn eye for detail and a desire to adhere to best practicesStrong inter-personal and communication skillsAble to work under pressureHave a desire to keep up with the latest tools and techniques Education & Skills Required: A deep understanding of Azure PaaS components. Key areas: SentinelAKS (deployment & management)API ManagementApp ServicesAzure SQLNetworkingApp InsightsData FactoryDatabricksProven Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) and/or GitHub Solid Understanding of: Terraform or other IAC toolingPowerShellExperience in the implementation or management of Cloudflare Advantageous: Healthcare or Government related industry experienceUnderstanding of Jira and ConfluenceUnderstanding or experience with TCAF and / or Azure Verified Modules (AVM) Qualifications: Microsoft certification(s) in Azure, such as AZ-400, AZ-305. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have a valid right to work in the UK for the entire duration of your employment, as we are unable to provide routes to sponsorship currently. Your security is important to us. Graphnet Health will never request that candidates download software, share remote access to their device, or install applications in order to apply or interview for a role. As a UK-based company, we are only able to consider candidates who are currently residing in the UK and who are legally eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, recruitment scams are becoming increasingly common, including fraudulent communications pretending to represent legitimate organisations. We encourage all applicants to verify communications carefully and ensure they originate from official Graphnet Health channels. If in doubt, please contact us directly before taking any action.