Lead Azure DevOps Engineer- London, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle

Overview

As an Engineer at Credera you will drive client delivery as a technical leader, shaping cloud-native solutions and strong engineering practices. You’ll work on diverse client projects, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn complex architectures into practical outcomes. The role blends hands-on delivery with internal learning, enabling you to grow while delivering significant impact. This opportunity suits engineers who thrive in a collaborative, fast-growing tech consultancy and want to influence transformation across multiple cloud platforms.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary (80,000 - 99,000)
• Comprehensive benefits plan
• Great company culture
• Growth and entrepreneurial environment

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4+ engineers and serve as the technical owner of projects
• Own and drive Azure Platform DevOps, infrastructure automation and deployment
• Deliver production software delivery pipelines using CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Work across Azure (PaaS and IaaS) with credible cross-cloud capability (AWS desirable)
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Maintain strong client-facing communication with senior stakeholders
• Collaborate with client teams and third-party suppliers to influence outcomes
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and pursue self-improvement including new languages
• Utilize AI or Agentic tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) and foster adoption within the team
• Hold active SC clearance as required

Key requirements

• Experience leading a team of 4+ engineers and acting as technical owner
• Azure Platform DevOps, Infrastructure Automation & Deployment experience
• Expert-level Azure certification (e.g. AZ-400 or AZ-305)
• Scripting to automate operations tasks
• Production pipelines using CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Deep Azure experience across PaaS and IaaS
• Hands-on experience with AWS (desirable)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Strong client-facing skills and ability to simplify architecture for non-specialists
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with client/supplier teams
• Willingness to learn new programming languages and approaches
• SC clearance (active)

• Strong interpersonal and emotional intelligence
• Collaborative, matrix-organisation experience
• Pragmatic problem-solver
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Azure (PaaS/IaaS)