DevOps Engineer in Durrington

Location: Durrington, Worthing (hybrid working with occasional on-site collaboration days)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: From £55k depending on skills and experience

About the role: We're looking for a forward-thinking DevOps Engineer to play a key role in evolving and enhancing our Azure-based data and application platforms. Joining a collaborative, innovative data platform team, you’ll help shape how we build, deploy, and optimise modern cloud-based services that support analytics, machine learning, and application delivery across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves automation, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants to work with cutting-edge Azure, DevOps, and ML Ops tooling. It would be beneficial for the successful candidate to reside within the Southern Water region.

What you will be responsible for:

• Drive a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement across our DevOps practices.
• Design and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines, including reusable templates for data and ML workloads.
• Implement ML Ops workflows for deploying, monitoring, and retraining models on Azure Databricks.
• Integrate CI/CD into applications built in Python, C#, and JavaScript.
• Contribute to application-level development and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates.
• Build PowerShell automation modules to eliminate manual tasks.
• Manage secrets, environment variables, and secure access across environments.
• Monitor system health and deployment performance using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

Additional Requirements:

• Participation in an on-call or out-of-hours rota may be required depending on operational needs.
• Opportunity to work with specialist platforms including Databricks, Azure ML, and enterprise-scale data tools.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential

• Strong experience with Azure DevOps, including pipeline and template development.
• Knowledge and experience on Azure Databricks.
• Hands-on experience with ML Ops practices and tools such as Databricks or MLflow.
• Proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI, and scripting for automation.
• Experience supporting application development in Python, C#, and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, and CI/CD best practice.
• Azure certification (e.g., AZ-400 or DP-100).

Desirable

• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Event Hubs, and Key Vault.
• Knowledge of agile ways of working and DevOps culture.

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed. You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation.

At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

Our Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Additional information: In line with Southern Water’s security requirements, successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their identity, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record check (DBS) and verification of their employment and/or education history for the past three years. Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of all pre‑employment checks, including security vetting. Please note that if a candidate does not meet the required security standards or fails to pass the vetting process, Southern Water reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment. Some positions may also require higher levels of security vetting, which may involve providing additional documentation.