SC Cleared Azure DevOps Engineer - AKS

Manchester, Greater Manchester · Inside IR35 · £490 – £500/day · Contract · Hybrid · Posted 27 October 2026

SC Cleared DevOps Engineer - AKS Initial 6-month contract Hybrid working £490 - £500 per day | Inside IR35 We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the deployment of dedicated Azure Kubernetes Service…

Inside IR35 Hybrid IT
Pay rate £490 – £500/day
Contract type Contract
Location Manchester, Greater Manchester
Posted 27 October 2026

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SC Cleared DevOps Engineer - AKS
Initial 6-month contract
Hybrid working
£490 - £500 per day | Inside IR35

We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the deployment of dedicated Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters within a large enterprise environment.

The role will focus on building and configuring CI/CD pipelines, testing Terraform code and deploying Azure infrastructure to support a third-party business application.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to validate, test and deploy Terraform code
Deploy and configure dedicated AKS clusters and associated Azure infrastructure within an existing Azure Landing Zone
Implement automated validation, security checks and approval stages within deployment pipelines
Support the third-party application team with deployment requirements and platform configuration
Troubleshoot Terraform, pipeline, Azure and Kubernetes deployment issues
Ensure deployments meet existing engineering, security and governance standards
Requirements:

Proven experience working as a DevOps Engineer, Azure Devops Engineer, Azure Platform Engineer, or similar
Strong hands-on experience with AKS and Kubernetes
Practical experience deploying Azure infrastructure within an existing Azure Landing Zone
Strong working knowledge of Terraform, including testing code and troubleshooting deployment issues
Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using enterprise DevOps tooling
Experience supporting large-scale Kubernetes deployments and troubleshooting cluster issues
Desirable:

Active SC clearance (highly desirable)
Location: Hybrid working in Manchester or BlackpoolECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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