Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer Manchester / Hybrid £70,000 Multiple development teams. Different branching strategies, different release processes and too much engineering time spent troubleshooting delivery issues. You’ll come in to change that. You’ll own the Azure DevOps platform across the engineering function, building the reusable pipelines, controls and standards development teams use to release software themselves. Alongside that, you’ll lead the migration of Jira and Confluence into Azure DevOps, creating one place for pipelines, boards, backlogs and documentation. What you’ll own Designing and building reusable Azure DevOps YAML pipeline templatesCreating consistent branching strategies, branch policies and pull request controlsIntroducing approval gates, security checks and deployment guardrailsBuilding a self-service deployment model for multiple development teamsStandardising CI/CD processes across development, test and productionManaging service connections, managed identities and secrets securelyIntegrating tools such as Key Vault, Entra ID and SAST scanning into the delivery processMigrating Jira boards, backlogs and ticket history into Azure DevOps BoardsMoving Confluence documentation into Azure DevOps WikiMaintaining history, field mappings and traceability throughout the migrationMentoring engineers and helping teams adopt the new standardsOwning platform health and continuously improving the deployment process What we need Deep hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and YAML pipelinesExperience building reusable, template-based pipelines for multiple engineering teamsStrong understanding of CI/CD, branching strategies and release managementExperience designing branch policies, PR gates and environment approval processesWorking knowledge of Azure Key Vault, Entra ID and managed identitiesExperience managing service connections, secrets and secure deployment processesEvidence of designing or significantly improving an Azure DevOps platformExperience helping development teams move towards self-service deploymentsThe confidence to define standards and influence how engineering teams workStrong ownership from initial assessment and design through to implementation Experience with Jira or Confluence migrations would stand out, particularly where you’ve preserved boards, backlogs, ticket history or documentation. The focus is firmly on Azure DevOps. You’ll be building the platform, consolidating the tooling and giving engineering teams a consistent, secure way to ship software. You’ll be the person setting the direction, building the foundations and making delivery easier for every engineering team.