Azure DevOps & Automation Engineer

About the role

BDO is looking for an Azure DevOps / Automation Engineer to accelerate secure, reliable and repeatable delivery across its cloud platforms and applications. The role sits within the Cloud Engineering team and focuses on CI/CD pipeline engineering, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, release automation and developer enablement.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Develop reusable IaC modules and pipeline templates with Bicep and/or Terraform.
• Standardise branching strategies, environments, approvals and release processes.
• Embed DevSecOps controls such as policy‑as‑code, security scanning and secrets management.
• Enable containerised and cloud‑native delivery across Azure platforms.
• Integrate observability, health checks and automated rollbacks into deployment pipelines.
• Partner with SRE, Platform and Network Engineers to improve reliability and operability.
• Produce reference implementations, documentation and onboarding guides.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in IT, Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Strong hands‑on experience with IaC (Bicep/Terraform) and automation.
• Experience embedding DevSecOps and governance into delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with Azure platforms, containerisation and observability tooling.
• Azure DevOps and cloud certifications (e.g., AZ‑400, AZ‑104) are desirable.
• Strong communication skills and a passion for automation, quality and continuous improvement.

Required skills

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions
• Bicep
• Terraform
• CI/CD pipeline engineering
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC)
• DevSecOps practices
• Policy‑as‑code
• Security scanning
• Secrets management
• Azure cloud services
• Containerisation (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Observability tooling