Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (MLOps)

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:  

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  

• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business  

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  

• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  

• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you! 

We are seeking an experienced Azure DevOps & MLOps Consultant to design, implement, and improve cloud-native and data-driven platforms for our clients. This role involves working closely with engineering, data science, and platform teams to develop scalable, secure, and resilient solutions on Microsoft Azure.

The role includes building and managing end-to-end CI/CD and ML pipelines, supporting model development, training, deployment, and monitoring. It emphasises Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation, and reproducibility across application and machine learning workloads in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for application and machine learning workloads
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or Bicep
• Develop and operationalise MLOps pipelines, including data ingestion, model training, validation, deployment, and monitoring
• Automate build, test, and release processes to improve delivery speed and reliability
• Manage and improve Azure services, including Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Machine Learning
• Implement model versioning, experiment tracking, and reproducibility practices
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to productionise machine learning models
• Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting for applications and ML models (performance, drift, failures)
• Support security, compliance, and governance across cloud environments
• Improve cloud infrastructure for cost, performance, and scalability

Essential requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience in cloud consulting or engineering roles
• Demonstrated experience in DevOps engineering, with hands-on delivery in Azure environments
• Experience implementing MLOps practices in production settings
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)
• Familiarity with Azure Machine Learning or similar ML platforms
• Experience with scripting and automation (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Understanding of machine learning lifecycle concepts (training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Good understanding of cloud security best practices and identity management (IAM, RBAC)

Desirable experience

• Additional experience across multiple Azure-native services

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. 

• Salary Range: €75,000-€95,000

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits 

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.  

• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 

• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat 

• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards. 

• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. 

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer 

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially. 

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