Azure DevOps Engineer - 6 month contract

Description

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

About the Role:

As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in designing and delivering infrastructure and automation solutions across Azure cloud environments. You’ll collaborate with product and delivery teams to build and maintain platform capabilities, implement DevSecOps principles, and champion best practices that drive delivery efficiency and operational excellence.

You’ll work hands-on with tools like Terraform, GitHub, and Azure DevOps to build Infrastructure as Code (IaC), create robust CI/CD pipelines, and develop self-service tooling that empowers delivery teams. You’ll also contribute to cloud governance, resilience, and security—working closely with the Enterprise Architecture and Cyber Security teams to ensure environments are well-managed and compliant.

This contract offers the opportunity to make a real impact—delivering scalable, secure cloud solutions within a supportive, fast-paced environment.

As the Azure DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Automate platform provisioning and support self-service tooling.
• Work closely with delivery teams to troubleshoot, optimise, and evolve cloud environments.
• Contribute to logging, monitoring, patching, and resilience strategies.
• Collaborate with Architecture and Cyber teams to ensure governance, compliance, and security.
• Share knowledge and promote best practice in cloud and DevOps engineering across the wider team.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (some AWS experience is a bonus).

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with source control (e.g. GitHub) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Podman.
• Scripting or automation using languages like Python, PowerShell, or Go.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to adapt in an Agile, fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to engineering excellence.

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.  

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.  In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package: 

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth. 
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.  We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can. 
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…. 

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us. 

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.