DevOps Engineer (Openshift & Azure)

Nordcloud group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A European cloud leader based in the UK is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to build and operate scalable systems using OpenShift and Azure. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability solutions, and managing cloud services. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, managing infrastructure, and driving automation efforts. We offer a flexible hybrid working model, a training budget for certifications, and a comprehensive local benefits package.

Benefits

Training budget and exam fees

Flexible working hours

Company laptop and equipment

Matched pension contributions

Private health care

Gym expense allowance

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud services and networking.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate highly reliable and scalable systems using OpenShift and Azure.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
• Own the observability stack using Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.
• Assist with incident response efforts and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable services.

Skills

OpenShift

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Prometheus

Loki

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

Bash

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Distributed Systems

Microservice Architectures

Istio

Job description

Join Nordcloud and be part of the European cloud revolution. We supercharge our customers to innovate in hyperscaler cloud, enabling seamless migration, advanced security, and data-driven success.

Currently, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team in the UK.

Your daily responsibilities:

• Build and operate highly reliable and scalable systems using OpenShift and Azure.
• Implementation and management of CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, and infrastructure improvements.
• Own the observability stack, including metrics, logging, dashboards, and alerting using Prometheus, Loki, Grafana and ServiceNow
• Coordinate incident response efforts, assisting with root cause analysis, and drive long‑term corrective strategies.
• Identify reliability risks and create plans to eliminate operational bottlenecks through automation and engineering improvements.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including development, security, architecture, and platform engineering, to deliver reliable services.
• Maintain and manage technical documentation, architecture diagrams.
• Work with the team to create operational runbooks.
• Influence infrastructure and platform roadmap decisions through data, analysis, and best‑practice guidance.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containerised application architectures.
• Expertise with Microsoft Azure cloud services, networking, identity, and cloud‑native patterns.
• Experience implementing and managing observability platforms using Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.
• Proven track record improving system availability, performance, and reliability in production environments.
• Strong skills in automation and infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with service meshes, such as Istio
• Familiarity with security frameworks and best practices for cloud and container environments.
• Experience in a DevOps engineering role.

What sets you apart (we’d consider any of these as a big plus):

• Previous SRE experience
• Champion SRE methodologies including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets across teams.
• Experience influencing architectural decisions in large, complex environments.
• Experience leading incident response, post‑mortem reviews, and reliability initiatives.
• Experience designing and owning CI/CD pipelines for large‑scale applications.

What we offer

• Individual training budget and exam fees for certifications
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working model
• Company laptop and needed equipment
• Local package such as up to 7% matched pension contributions, extensive private health care, Bupa dental plan, and a seasonal ticket loan, enhanced maternity and parental leave, gym expense or well‑being monthly and mobile phone allowance

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About Nordcloud

Nordcloud is a European leader in cloud implementation, application development, managed services and training. It’s a recognised cloud‑native pioneer with a proven track record helping organisations leverage public cloud in a way that balances quick wins, immediate savings and sustainable value.

Nordcloud is triple‑certified across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – with 10 European hubs, over 1,300 employees and has delivered over 1,000 successful cloud projects for companies ranging from midsize to large corporates.

Our clients benefit from multi‑cloud expertise that guides best practices, preempts pitfalls, provides essential technical support and steers teams through cultural change. From strategy planning to application management, we take our customers through the whole cloud journey to drive real business outcomes from cloud technology.

Learn more at www.nordcloud.com

Nordcloud values diversity and is dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and employees.