DevOps Engineer

Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.

DevOps Engineer

Location: Hybrid - Borehamwood

Package: Negotiable + Benefits

1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Brown & Brown Europe is building long-lived, product-led squads with end-to-end ownership of the services they create. You will work in a collaborative engineering environment that values practical delivery, automation, security, quality, learning and continuous improvement.

The day to day:

You will work hands-on within a cross-functional squad to build, support and improve secure cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and live-service reliability. This is a mid-level role for someone able to take ownership of defined DevOps work, with support from senior engineers and platform specialists where needed.

Key responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and improve Azure DevOps pipelines for build, test, release and deployment activity.
• Support reliable and repeatable deployments across development, test and production environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation using agreed Infrastructure as Code patterns and standards.
• Work with engineering squads to improve deployment confidence, environment reliability and delivery flow.
• Help embed security, quality and operational checks into pipelines and release processes.
• Use monitoring, alerting and logs to understand service health and support incident investigation.
• Troubleshoot build, release, environment and platform issues, escalating complex problems early.
• Maintain clear technical notes, runbooks and support information for squad-owned services.
• Take part in planning, refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos and operational reviews.
• Contribute practical ideas that improve automation, resilience, security and developer experience.

How we work:

• Work in a long-lived, product-led and stream-aligned squad with clear service ownership.
• Follow a Build and Run model: design, build, test, deploy, monitor, support and improve squad-owned services.
• Use a transparent, prioritised backlog and deliver value incrementally through a regular agile cadence.
• Take part in planning, refinement, daily collaboration, reviews, retrospectives, demos and showcases.
• Use Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, including testing, security, documentation and operational readiness.
• Automate build, test, security assurance, deployment and repeatable environment activity wherever practical.
• Release in small, safe increments and use feedback and delivery data to improve.
• Work within shared architecture, cloud, security and platform guardrails.
• Use approved engineering and AI-assisted tools with appropriate security controls and human review.

Our technology environment:

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Azure services, monitoring, security and platform guardrails.
• Tooling: Azure DevOps, Git, repositories, branching, pull requests, YAML pipelines and release automation.
• Automation: Infrastructure as Code, environment provisioning, scripting and repeatable operational processes.
• Engineering: .NET, React, APIs, automated testing and integration with squad delivery workflows.
• Practices: CI/CD, monitoring, secure delivery, incident learning, continuous improvement and Build and Run ownership.

About you:

• Commercial experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering or a software engineering role with strong automation exposure.
• Practical experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application environments.
• Experience with scripting or automation, such as PowerShell, Bash or similar.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code concepts and repeatable environment management.
• Awareness of secure delivery practices, secrets management, access control and operational risk.
• Ability to troubleshoot build, deployment, environment and service issues in a structured way.
• A collaborative communication style and confidence working with developers, QA, Product and support colleagues.

How this role is distinct:

• Owns defined DevOps, automation and cloud engineering tasks with a good level of independence.
• Supports squad delivery by improving pipelines, environments, deployment confidence and operational readiness.
• Is supported by Senior Engineers, Tech Leads and platform specialists for complex design decisions and major changes.

The rewards:

• A negotiable basic salary and all the usual benefits you would expect, including holiday and a company pension
• A collaborative, open and honest environment designed to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and teammates
• A flexible working
• An environment built around supporting and developing our teammates, with funding available for relevant professional qualifications

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.

About Us

Founded in 1939 as a small, two-partner firm, Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) and our team of companies have grown into one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages while staying true to our foundation of trust, resilience and delivering results. With a team that is as connected locally as it is globally, our high-performing, highly collaborative team delivers innovative risk and insurance solutions.

We look for individuals who embrace our culture, thrive in a collaborative environment, are driven to grow and succeed and are committed to always doing what is right. With a unique culture built on integrity, superior capabilities and grit, we value teamwork, trust and courage. We think of ourselves as a team, so we have teammates—not employees, and leaders—not managers. Everything we do is about the greater “WE”—never “me.” While diverse in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission—always doing what is best for our customers.