DevOps Engineer - SC Eligible

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions across UK government departments, working at the forefront of user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable digital services that genuinely make a difference.

Strong focus on work-life balance with a flexible hybrid model (1 day onsite)

Be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary agile environment alongside civil servants and industry experts

Location: Newcastle, Blackpool, Manchester, or Leeds - one day per week on-site

Role Overview

We are seeking a proactive DevOps Engineer (SFIA Level 4) to support and maintain data platform infrastructure on Azure for a public sector client. You'll work with a reasonable degree of autonomy, contributing to infrastructure automation, pipeline reliability, and platform improvements, while collaborating closely with senior engineers, data engineers, and the wider delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

Support the build, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure for Azure-based data platforms

Work with Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake to support data pipeline infrastructure and platform reliability

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, supporting automated build, test, and deployment workflows

Collaborate with data engineers and product teams to ensure infrastructure meets platform and data requirements

Support the implementation and maintenance of monitoring, alerting, and observability across the data platform

Identify, investigate, and help resolve infrastructure and pipeline issues

Follow and support security standards, change management, and release governance processes

Participate in sprint planning, refinement, and other agile ceremonies

Support continuous improvement of automation, platform reliability, and DevOps practices

Take a proactive approach to identifying risks, technical debt, and opportunities for improvement, escalating to senior engineers...