Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Daily Rate: €600 per day

Location: South Dublin (Hybrid Working)

Contract Type: Daily Rate Contract

Duration: Initial 6-18 Month Contract (Extensions Expected)

Overview

Thomson Keene are seeking an experienced Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing cloud engineering team on a daily-rate contract basis. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on the design, automation, security, and delivery of enterprise-scale Azure cloud platforms.

The successful candidate will bring strong Azure expertise, deep Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform, and a proven track record delivering cloud-native solutions within complex enterprise environments.

You'll work closely with architects, software engineers, security teams, QA, and delivery stakeholders to build and enhance a secure, scalable, and automated Azure cloud estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise.
• Create reusable modules and policy controls leveraging Terraform Private Module Registry and Sentinel.
• Design and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational processes.
• Participate in requirements gathering, architecture reviews, and technical design workshops.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and project teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Write and execute unit and integration tests to support automated deployments and platform reliability.
• Implement cloud security controls, governance standards, and compliance policies.
• Support containerised workloads and cloud-native platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and application delivery issues.
• Contribute to Azure platform strategy, engineering standards, and cloud adoption initiatives.

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience designing and operating solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Extensive experience with: Terraform Terraform Enterprise Terraform Sentinel Terraform Private Module Registry
• Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Deep understanding of Azure networking, including: Virtual Networks (VNet), ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, Routing & Connectivity
• Strong knowledge of Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
• Experience implementing cloud security controls including: Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions and frameworks.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery practices and test-driven development methodologies.
• Experience architecting and delivering enterprise software and cloud infrastructure solutions.

Desirable Experience

• Azure Certifications (AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400 or equivalent).
• Experience across AWS and/or GCP environments.
• Financial Services or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform experience.
• Exposure to cloud governance, security, and compliance programmes.