Senior Associate - DevOps

Description

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will lead the design, evolution, and optimisation of the infrastructure, automation frameworks, and delivery pipelines that underpin reliable, secure, and scalable software delivery across the organisation. You will influence technical direction, drive DevOps maturity, and act as a key partner to engineering, architecture, security, and global delivery teams.

This role requires deep technical expertise, strong ownership, and the ability to guide teams in adopting modern engineering and operational best practices. You will champion automation, observability, and cloud‑native excellence, ensuring platforms are resilient, performant, and able to scale with business demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and enhancement of enterprise‑grade CI/CD pipelines supporting automated build, test, security, and deployment workflows.
• Ensure pipelines are highly scalable, secure, and optimised for fast, reliable delivery across multiple products and environments.
• Collaborate with engineers and QA teams to embed quality gates, security scanning, and automated testing throughout the pipeline.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce manual interventions, increase deployment frequency, and enhance release confidence.
• Mentor engineers on best practices in release automation, branching strategies, and pipeline optimisation.
• Architect, provision, and maintain cloud environments (preferably Azure) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, ARM, or Bicep.
• Oversee the stability, performance, and scalability of development, staging, and production environments.
• Implement robust cloud architecture aligned with security, cost‑optimisation, and operational standards.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex infrastructure or environment‑related incidents in collaboration with global teams.
• Guide the adoption of cloud‑native patterns, automation, and modern infrastructure practices.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

5–8+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE, ideally within complex enterprise environments.

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
Advanced experience with CI/CD technologies (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud‑native services.
Solid proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred; ARM/Bicep advantageous).
Strong Linux administration and scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
Deep understanding of containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong knowledge of Agile delivery and DevOps/SRE best practices.
Exceptional troubleshooting, analytical, and incident‑resolution capabilities.

Excellent communication skills, comfortable working with global and senior stakeholders.

About Davies

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.