Azure DevOps Engineer in Sheffield, United Kingdom

Role: Azure DevOps Engineer – Cyber Security (SOC Domain)

Location: Sheffield - – 1 day per week or 2 days every alternate week

Start Date: December/January 2027

End Date: TBC

Daily Rate: Inside IR35

Payroll provider – Rockford Payroll

“Deloitte sets the requirements for the assignment. Rockford Resourcing acts as the agency on behalf of Deloitte and is responsible for sourcing candidates to fulfil the assignment. Successful candidates will be employed by Rockford Payroll. Rockford Payroll is responsible for the Associate’s employment, pay and applicable employment-related processes."

The Role

We are seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer with a strong cyber security background and experience working within a financial institution. The role will support the design, build and implementation of the CI/CD pipelines required to transition the Triage Agent from its current proof-of-concept phase into a secure, resilient and scalable production service.

Key Responsibilities

· Design, build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

· Support the transition of the Triage Agent from proof of concept into production.

· Deploy, configure and support software or AI agents in live production environments, including controlled releases, rollback planning and post-deployment validation.

· Embed security controls, automated testing and quality gates throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

· Implement infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation across development, test and production environments.

· Work with cyber security, engineering, architecture and operational teams to agree production requirements and deployment standards.

· Configure monitoring, logging and alerting to support operational resilience and effective incident response.

· Troubleshoot pipeline, environment and deployment issues, identifying opportunities to improve reliability and performance.

Experience & Skills Required

·4–5 years’ relevant experience in Azure engineering, DevOps or a closely related role.

· Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including repositories, pipelines, artefacts and release management.

· Proven experience deploying and supporting software or AI agents in live production environments within a controlled, regulated setting.

· Strong understanding of CI/CD principles, branching strategies and automated deployment practices.

· Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates.

· Working knowledge of Azure services, cloud networking, identity and access management, secrets management and security controls.

· Cyber security experience, ideally within banking, insurance or another regulated financial-services environment.

· Experience using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash or Python.

· Good understanding of production support, monitoring, incident management and operational resilience.