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DevOps Engineer Manager

Avanade

London, UKonsitePosted Aug 12, 2026
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Skills

azure devopsjenkinsdockergithubazureexcel

About the role

Job Description

Unleash the Future: Be the Visionary DevOps Architect Shaping Transformation for Our Leading Consulting Firm!

Come join us :

As a seasoned software architect skilled in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, release management, and microservices. Leverage real-world IT operations experience to provide transformational leadership, translating business challenges into well-architected technology solutions. As a DevOps thought leader, drive strategic technology roadmaps from executive vision. Lead engineering teams to achieve specific DevOps goals, shaping our technology landscape and propelling innovation. Join us on this exciting journey to excel in the world of DevOps.

Together we do what matters

What you’ll do:

Architect technology solutions to exceed business expectations through DevOps best practices, processes, and tools.

Engage with IT Leaders and executives across multiple projects to help them achieve their goals.

Lead Responsible for development, quality assurance, and infrastructure team members to build effective continuous integration / continuous delivery pipelines.

Develop and deliver IT Ops-minded solutions that improve service stability and reliability.

Implement best practices for build and deployment across several technologies (Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise).

Drive the team’s triaging capability by taking on challenging problems not understood by front-line support teams.

Relentless automation of every aspect of the development, build & deployment process

Qualification

S kills and experiences :

Experience architecting solutions aligned with DevOps best practices in the Microsoft Ecosystem and Azure Cloud.

Experience leading technical teams in an Agile setting, utilizing various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)

Proficiency in using DevOps tool chains (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.) and version control best practices.

Automation of software and/or infrastructure deployments at scale using microservices, containerization (AKS, Docker, etc), and cloud-based architectures.

Knowledge of automated code scanning and security testing throughout the software development lifecycle (SCA, SAST, DAST, etc.), implementing IT security best practices (e.g., Azure Key Vault, Azure Active Directory).

Expertise and experience working with AI to accelerate client delivery – GitHub Copilot and/or Claude preferred

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

About you :

Characteristics of who we are looking for:

Be a leader and manage a dynamic team to drive project success and foster collaboration

Be an adviser to emerging technologists on career growth opportunities, as well as provide performance reviews and feedback when necessary .

Be a relationship builder, engage with clients to nurture strong relationships and ensure their satisfaction

Be opportunistic in proactively identifying business opportunities to enhance and the range of business solutions provided to clients

Be innovative and a problem solving

Be an effective communicator with the ability to work closely with key client stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.

Be an expert who can support clients with Developer Productivity initiatives and help transforming their software development lifecycle.

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