Junior DevOps Enigneer

We’re partnering with a fast-growing, award-winning, technically-led business that is transforming how organisations across the UK manage their utility services. With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and simplifying the customer experience, this company offers a genuinely modern, supportive, and forward-thinking environment, where the Technology team are at the heart of operations. They are now looking to hire a Junior DevOps Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team at an exciting stage of growth, as they scale a key internal product beyond MVP. This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their DevOps career who is eager to learn, develop, and work alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative setting. Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 + extensive benefits package Working Pattern: Hybrid. Flexible days in office / home. Based from our Northeast offices. Suitable areas for this, include: Durham, Hartlepool, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Peterlee, Sunderland, etc. The Role This is a hands-on position where you’ll support the design, build, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary Agile team, contributing to modern DevOps practices and tooling. Key Responsibilities Collaborate on the design of secure, scalable, and highly available, cost-optimised cloud infrastructure Implement technologies using Infrastructure-as-Code Monitor and manage systems for availability and performance Support Agile delivery through Scrum and Kanban, contributing to team rituals and processes What We’re Looking For Developing and deploying via Infrastructure-as-Code, with proficiency in Terraform, YAML and ARM templates (and a willingness to further develop these skills) Creation, monitoring and management of cloud artefacts in Microsoft Azure, using the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) via Azure DevOps Ability to build and manage services deployed into Kubernetes, including container configuration and Helm charts Desirable (but not essential) Using AI to enhance productivity, such as code generation or coding assistance Understanding of code written in C#/.NET Experience with scripting tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Bicep Understanding of observability platforms If you’re looking to grow your DevOps career within a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team, this is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step