Senior Specialist, Software Engineering, Azure DevOps, AKS, Nicosia

About the Opportunity

Our client, a global technology consulting company with over 87,000 employees across 40+ countries, is seeking talented professionals to join their European operations supporting major digital transformation programmes in the banking and financial services sector.

The Role

We are hiring a DevOps Engineer with strong Azure CI/CD and AKS experience to design, build and optimise application focused pipelines and Kubernetes deployments. This is an application side DevOps role, not infrastructure provisioning, so we are looking for an engineer who genuinely owns pipeline performance, AKS deployment strategy and runtime observability.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, supporting build and release automation for application workloads
• Manage application deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including pipeline driven deployment strategies and release optimisation
• Implement and operate monitoring and observability solutions using Datadog to ensure application reliability
• Drive DevOps enhancements and cost optimisation initiatives across pipeline efficiency, AKS resource usage and application runtime tuning
• Contribute scripts and automation using Shell and Python (preferred) for build, deployment and operational tasks

What You Will Bring

• Primary skills: Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipeline design and management), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Cloud
• Secondary skills: Terraform, Datadog, Helm, Ansible, GitHub Actions
• Hands on track record of building and optimising real pipelines and AKS deployments, not just cluster or VM setup
• Demonstrable optimisation work across pipeline speed, AKS scaling, cost reduction or monitoring improvements

Nice to Have

• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
• Azure Administrator certification

The Details

• Location: Nicosia, Cyprus. Fully onsite, no remote or hybrid option
• Hours: 8 hour working day, Monday to Friday
• Must be EU and working onsite in Nicosia