VMware / Azure DevOps Engineer

Where Purpose Meets Career

Professional Development: We prioritise career advancement with a collaborative team environment. Whether you are looking to move into leadership or deepen your technical expertise, we provide the support to help you get there.

Diverse Project Exposure: You will work across a variety of industries and business contexts. This ensures continuous learning and the opportunity to apply innovative solutions to a wide range of customer challenges.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced VMware / Azure DevOps Engineer to support the design, implementation, automation, and ongoing management of VMware and Azure infrastructure platforms. You will work closely with architects, developers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure solutions while driving DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.

About the Role

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and support VMware and Azure infrastructure platforms.
• Implement infrastructure solutions from approved HLDs and contribute to LLD creation.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using ARM Templates and Bicep.
• Manage VMware virtualisation environments and Azure cloud services.
• Manage source control and deployment processes using Git/GitHub and YAML.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, platform, virtualisation, and deployment issues.
• Ensure infrastructure environments are secure, scalable, and aligned with best practices.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and process optimisation.
• Review technical issues and implement fixes, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Support infrastructure integration across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Contribute to successful project delivery through effective planning and cross-team collaboration.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• VMware vSphere
• VMware ESXi
• VMware vCenter
• ARM Templates
• Bicep
• CI/CD Pipelines
• YAML
• Git/GitHub
• Azure Networking
• Azure Infrastructure Engineering
• VMware Infrastructure Administration and Engineering
• Infrastructure Design, Build and Integration
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution
• Experience supporting HLD and LLD activities
• Experience building, deploying, and supporting Azure and VMware solutions within enterprise environments

Nice to Have

• Azure Monitoring and Observability
• PowerShell
• Azure CLI
• Terraform
• Kubernetes (AKS)
• Azure Security Services
• Microsoft Azure Certifications
• VMware NSX
• VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations)
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise or public sector environments

Location

Hybrid working with a requirement to attend one of the following DWP locations 3 days per week:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle
• Manchester Corporate Hub, Manchester
• Peel Park, Blackpool

Security Clearance

• Full UK SC Clearance is required. UK-based candidates only.

Travel Requirements

• Travel to client and project locations is required.

Candidate Profile

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Passion for cloud technologies, DevOps practices, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering best practices.

Benefits

• Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10%
• Private medicalcover
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• 25 dayspaid leave + National Holidays
• Flex benefits program!

Diversity & Inclusion

As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from all applicants, especially, differently abled applicants. We aim to ensure that those who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed and willing to making reasonable adjustments to the application and assessment process to accommodate your needs. We are a care leaver friendly employer.

Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA. about our commitment to a fair work environment for all. Atos is a recognised leader in its industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. more on our CSR commitment.