Senior DevOps Engineer - UK Operational hours
About the role
NEXT Technology Sri Lanka, the tech hub of NEXT, a leading UK fashion retailer, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team. The role involves automating environment creation and deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, managing CI/CD pipelines, and supporting cloud infrastructure primarily on Microsoft Azure. The engineer will collaborate with development teams, maintain test environments, ensure security, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. The position requires expertise in DevOps practices, cloud technologies, containerization, and scripting, and includes mentoring junior engineers and participating in on-call rotations. The team supports NEXT's global operations, providing IT services that power retail and online platforms across 70+ countries.
Must have
- IaC (Terraform)
- Azure DevOps, Artifacts, Boards, CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories
- Expert knowledge in DevOps concepts, best practices and Agile principles
- Experience of working with the 3 main CSP’s - Azure being preferred
- Knowledge of on premise to cloud offering migrations
- Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#, Node.js, REACT
- PowerShell and Bash scripting
- Networking skills/fundamentals?
- SQL Server / NoSQL databases
- Windows & Linux servers
- Source Control Management (Git)
- Docker containers
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Monitoring tool - Dynatrace, OTel, Grafana
- Docker Compose / Helm charts
- DevSecOps Tooling - SonarCloud / PrismaCloud / CrowdStrike
- Must agree to work UK operational hours.
Technologies
- Agile
- Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Bash
- CI/CD
- CrowdStrike
- C#
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- Docker
- .NET
- Dynatrace
- Git
- Grafana
- Helm
- IIS
- Infrastructure as Code
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Microservices
- Node.js
- NoSQL
- npm
- PowerShell
- React
- SaaS
- SQL
- SQL Server
- Terraform
- Windows
- YAML
Highlights
Candidates must agree to work UK operational hours. The role is based in Sri Lanka and supports a global retail business. Participation in on-call rotations is required.
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