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Founded in 2003, we have worked for over 20 years to bring together specialist, sector-focused strategy, management consulting and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle. Having partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives and insurance industries, Alpha is truly a trusted advisor for complex change programs. We now have over 1,180 consultants working with clients across North America, the UK, Europe, Middle East and APAC. In 2024, in recognition of our successful track record and strong growth prospects, Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are delighted that many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, many staying over a decade. We believe this is because Alpha offers a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment where your career can flourish, and a welcoming culture where you can be yourself, connect with others and thrive. As we look to the future, we’re excited to be looking for new Alpha colleagues - individuals who are collaborative, innovative and ambitious. We hope you will join us and help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.\nWhy join Alpha?\nEstablished yet entrepreneurial - with over 20 years of success and a proven record on the London Stock Exchange, Alpha offers the stability of an established consultancy with the energy of a fast-growth business.\nBacked by Bridgepoint - as part of one of the world’s leading growth investors, Alpha benefits from strategic investment that fuels innovation, expansion and new offerings - creating even more opportunity for our people.\nExposure to senior leadership - whether you are in an internal or a client facing role, you will have the opportunity to work with and learn from the best of the best - high performers at the top of their game.\nLearning and growth opportunities - we run tailored training to help you be successful, provide you excellent mentorship, and offer up to 5 days paid training time per year. Perhaps the best training though is the experience on the job - as everyone at Alpha has high responsibility and autonomy, you can develop your skillsets quickly.\nPerformance-driven culture with real impact - advancement at Alpha is based on impact and capability, not tenure or quotas. You’ll have autonomy and see the tangible difference your ideas and decisions make.\nSenior DevOps Architect - Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD Engineering, Delivery Team\nLocation: Remote \nWe're looking for a Senior DevOps Architect to join our delivery team in a primarily client-facing, billable capacity, working directly with clients on their cloud infrastructure and CI/CD engagements. This role is primarily Azure-focused, with working exposure to AWS for clients running dual-cloud or AWS-native environments. The core of the job is designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines as code, using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure inside client environments. You will work as an embedded or advisory member of client delivery teams, translating their requirements into production-grade infrastructure and pipeline solutions, and helping their internal engineers adopt these practices. Beyond individual client engagements, you will also work with senior engineering leadership to establish repeatable DevOps patterns that can be reused across clients. \nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for client application and infrastructure delivery, primarily in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, depending on the client's standard W\nWrite and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage client Azure infrastructure, with secondary support for AWS resources on cross-cloud engagements \nManage infrastructure as code across multiple client environments, including state management, module versioning, and drift detection \nAutomate build, test, and deployment workflows to reduce manual release steps and shorten client lead time to production \nImplement and advise on infrastructure security practices, including secrets management, least-privilege IAM and RBAC, and policy-as-code guardrails \nMonitor pipeline health and infrastructure reliability, and troubleshoot failures across build, deployment, and runtime layers \nCollaborate with client development teams to containerize applications and integrate deployment pipelines with Azure Kubernetes Service, AKS, or equivalent \nSupport client developers across full-stack builds, troubleshooting issues that span frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers, not just the pipeline \nDocument pipeline architecture, infrastructure patterns, and runbooks for client operational handoff \nMentor client engineers and junior team members on DevOps practices and Terraform standards \nPresent technical approaches, infrastructure decisions, and delivery progress to client stakeholders, and maintain strong day-to-day client relationships across the engagement \nPartner with senior engineering leadership to codify repeatable DevOps patterns, reference architectures, and Terraform modules that can be reused across client engagement\nRequired Qualifications \n7+ years of experience in a DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering role\nStrong, hands-on Azure experience, including Azure DevOps, Resource Manager, networking, IAM, and core compute and storage services \nWorking knowledge of AWS core services, such as EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3, sufficient to support or extend AWS infrastructure on cross-cloud work \nDemonstrated experience writing and maintaining Terraform for production infrastructure, including module design and remote state management \nProven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines from scratch, not just configuring existing ones \nDemonstrated ability to design reusable infrastructure and pipeline patterns that hold up across multiple clients or environments, not just single-engagement solutions\nSolid scripting ability in at least one of Bash, Python, or PowerShell \nExperience with containerization and orchestration, using Docker and Kubernetes or AKS \nWorking fluency across the full application stack, frontend, backend, and infrastructure, sufficient to support developers and troubleshoot issues beyond the pipeline itself\nUnderstanding of security fundamentals in infrastructure and pipelines, including secrets management and access control\nHands-on use of Claude Code in day-to-day engineering work \nComfortable working directly with client teams in an agile delivery environment, including presenting to client stakeholders and building trusted working relationships \nStrong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical client audiences \nPreferred Qualifications \nAzure certification, such as AZ-400, AZ-104, or AZ-305 \nAWS certification, Solutions Architect Associate or higher \nHashiCorp Terraform Associate certification \nAnthropic/Claude certification a plus, though not required \nExperience with policy-as-code tools, such as Sentinel, OPA, or Azure Policy \nExperience integrating security scanning into pipelines, including SAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning \nPrior consulting or client-facing delivery experience \n What Success Looks Like in the First 6 Months\nOwns several client CI/CD pipelines end to end, including their Terraform-managed infrastructure \nReduces manual steps or failure points in a client's existing deployment process \nIs a trusted DevOps resource within client delivery engagements, comfortable presenting to and building relationships with client stakeholders \nHas begun working with senior engineering leadership on at least one repeatable DevOps pattern or reference architecture for reuse across clients.\nAs part of the Alpha team, you will be rewarded with the following: \nCompetitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity \n401k matching \n25 days of annual paid time off (accrued)\nSupplemented medical, dental and vision coverage \nReimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses \nNorth America team-wide training and retreats 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