Senior DevOps Engineer in Birmingham

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The role is for an experienced DevOps engineer specializing in the Microsoft technology stack (Power Platform and Fabric, M365, GitHub, Azure). It is a role supporting fee-earning projects and programmes in a back-of-house capacity.

As part of your role, you will interface with a multi-disciplinary Digital Development team comprising data engineers, app developers and BI developers, and occasionally stakeholders from other organisations on larger programmes. You will be part of the global Digital Development community, sharing knowledge and experience with other digital professionals. The role will support delivery on some of the largest commercial and infrastructure projects in the world.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Contributing to the definition and adoption of DevOps standards, controls, and best practices across delivery teams.
• Supporting the management and optimisation of the organisation’s DevOps estate, with a focus on Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and associated cloud services.
• Maintaining and enhancing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub, ensuring reliable and consistent deployment of solutions.
• Implementing and managing automation and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to support scalable and repeatable platform operations.
• Supporting environment management, release processes, and deployment governance across development, test, and production environments.
• Managing and monitoring platform health, including logging, alerting, and incident response processes.
• Supporting identity and access management, including integration with Azure AD and role-based access controls.
• Collaborating with engineering, support, and delivery teams to ensure smooth transition from development to live service.
• Acting as a technical escalation point for complex DevOps and platform-related issues.
• Supporting compliance with organisational security policies and audit requirements.

You’ll need to have:

• Prior experience in a DevOps or platform engineering role, ideally supporting M365, Power Platform, or Azure-based solutions.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, specifically Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Experience managing and supporting Power Platform assets (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI).
• Familiarity with M365 services, including SharePoint Online, Teams, and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Understanding of environment management, deployment pipelines, and release processes.
• Experience supporting production systems, including incident management and root cause analysis.
• Aware of security principles, governance and controls required for enterprise platforms.
• Desirable, but not mandatory, to hold a relevant certification such as Microsoft DevOps engineer expert.

Our values:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
• Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation. We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.