Job Title: Azure DevOps Engineer

Reporting to: Head of Cloud Engineering

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: National – Split between on site and home working as required.

Travel: Dependent on project requirements (current arrangements are remote working, but you need to be able to travel & co-locate with customers if required)

Methods is looking for someone with a background in infrastructure, cloud Engineering, automation of pipelines, systems operations / administration to work as an Azure DevOps Engineer in a customer-facing support role. We are a broad team of skilled DevOps Engineers (SRE) and Cloud Support Engineers across multiple clouds. In this role you will have the opportunity to cross-skill in AWS and Google Cloud as well as pick up new cloud engineering technologies.

Requirements

• Design, implementation, and support of Microsoft Azure Cloud environment with experience in complex application and workload migration to Azure
• Azure Landing Zone design and implementation following Microsoft best practices based on the Hub and Spoke topology
• Azure Environments including VNETs, Azure Firewall, NSGs, ASGs UDRs Load Balancers, Application Gateways, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Traffic Manager, Site-to-Site VPN, ExpressRoute, App Service Environments other Azure PaaS components and IaaS windows and Linux VMs, Azure Management Groups
• Azure DevOps is the primary CI/CD tooling and experience here is essential
• The environment is Linux based. Linux system admin skills are essential.
• AKS / Kubernetes experience is a necessity. Any experience with ISTIO is advantageous
• Understanding of Java development process and Java based Pipelines
• Hands on experience in creating Azure Subscriptions, Azure RBAC, Azure Policy, Tagging Policy, Naming Convention and deploying using Terraform
• DevSecOps experience, having implemented Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Security Centre, Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender Advance Threat Protection, Azure Key Vault, Cloud native PIM/PAM
• Experience in COTS and Cloud native product evaluation for Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Experience in designing and implementing RBAC with Azure Policies and Management Groups
• Extensive experience with DevOps Tooling, Packer, Terraform, TerraTest, Git (Multiple flavours), CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Packer, Docker, etc
• Technologies Associated with the role: Azure Infrastructure: PaaS, IaaS, DRaaS, VNETs, Virtual Machines, App Service, Resource Manager, Azure Site Recovery, Azure backup Services, Site to site VPN, Peering, V2V migrations, Azure Citrix Essentials, Azure Security Centre, Network Watcher, Azure Monitor, Management Groups, RBAC, Policy, Automation, Hybrid Workers, Log analytics, Service Endpoints, Dashboards, JSON/ARM templates, Resource Groups, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, Azure Import/Export Data tool, Azure Migrate, Data Migration Assistant, Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Readiness Assessment, Azure Network Watcher, IP Flow, Next Hop, Diagnostic Logs, Flow Logs, Traffic Analytics Azure Security and Identity: Azure AD, Azure AD Domain Services, AD Connect, Azure Sentinel, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Identity Protection, MFA, Conditional access, Azure Sentinel, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Privileged Access Workstation, Azure Security Center, Log Analytics, Azure Firewall, Azure Key Vault, Just in Time Access, Azure Key Vault, Access Policy, RBAC, Secrets, Keys, Certificates Azure Active Directory (AAD): AD Connector, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Multi Factor Authentication, Conditional Access, Self Service Password Reset, Identity Protection, Cloud App Discovery, Dynamic Groups, Self-service Group Management, AAD Connect Health, Hybrid, Access Reviews, Entitlement Management

Benefits

Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

By joining us you can expect

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment

As well as this, we offer:

Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training

Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme

Social - office parties, pizza Friday and commitment to charitable causes

Time off 25 days a year

Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution

Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance

Life Assurance of 4 times base salary

Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts