The salary for this role is £45,000 This role is advertised on a 12 month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. Are you a hands-on DevOps engineer who enjoys solving live issues and making platforms better each week? At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you’ll design and manage DevOps pipelines across PaaS-based Azure environments, embedding secure-by-design principles and meeting industry and government security standards. The role includes 3rd-line support, break-fix and out-of-hours cover on a shift basis, platform optimisation, and providing hands-on technical support to development teams. Deploying, monitoring, maintaining and improving our Azure platform Monitoring system performance, availability, and capacity, perform infrastructure as code optimisation to ensure cost efficiency and reliable service. Providing 3rd line support for live Azure Platform services, addressing complex issues and coordinating with internal teams to maintain service uptime. Delivering and supporting the customers’ infrastructure requirements for service enhancements and new projects. Leveraging deep expertise in Microsoft Azure’s IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings to design, implement, and managing cloud-based solutions that align with business and technical needs. Designing, building, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with design partners, enabling faster, more reliable software releases. Ensure consistent, secure, and reproducible infrastructure deployments. Configuring real-time monitoring and alerting within Azure to gain insights into application performance and system health. Fostering strong relationships with software development, testing, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of DevOps practices. Extensive experience in Azure DevOps managing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure networking and zero trust methodologies primarily working in a live services support. Experience developing using JavaScript, C# This role will report to the Azure Engineering Manager and will sit within our Service department. A fully remote and flexible working set up ~25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to maximum of 30 days (plus Bank Holidays) ~4 x annual salary Life Assurance ~ Market leading pension scheme through Legal & General ~ Enhanced Family Friendly Policies ~ Excellent learning, training, and career development opportunities ~24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme ~ The interview and assessment process for this role will involve a telephone interview with our Talent Team, followed by a first stage and a final stage interview. Interviews will be conducted either remotely via MS Teams or face to face. If we need to make a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, please contact us as soon as possible by emailing talent@livestockinformation.Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence tools can be used to help you prepare your application. Applications may be withdrawn if content is found to be plagiarised, including where ideas or experiences generated by artificial intelligence are presented as personal work. AI & Recruitment at LI We are transparent together, embracing honesty and building trust. We are accountable to the industry and strive for the best possible solutions for the communities we serve. How you’ll work/ Remote working We’re a fully remote organisation however, our roles are UK-based and can only be performed within the UK. We come together in person twice a year for our All Hands events to connect, collaborate, and strengthen relationships. Diversity statement At Livestock Information, we value diversity and believe that every individual brings different strengths. We understand that not everyone may possess every single skill outlined in this job description, but if you believe you have a solid skill set that enables you to excel in this position then we really encourage you to apply. If you feel your application has not been treated in a fair and open manner or if you are dis-satisfied with any of your interactions during the recruitment process and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact our Talent team via email: talent@livestockinformation.Does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Remote Azure Devops Engineer - Fixed Term Contract in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Livestock Information
At Livestock Information Ltd, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values innovation and collaboration. Our fully remote and flexible working environment allows you to balance your professional and personal life while enjoying generous annual leave that increases with your tenure. We are committed to your growth, offering opportunities to enhance your skills in a supportive culture that prioritises security and quality in all our cloud solutions.
