About V2 AI
V2 AI is a leading AI-Native consultancy backed by $30m in VC funding, allowing us to meet our customers' needs. We harness the power of AI to accelerate business outcomes for some of the world's largest brands. We bring decades of experience and a unique delivery model to partner with our customers on the most complex problems for immense, measurable impact.
Our Services
AI Strategy \& Governance
AI Enablement
Applied AI
Data \& AI Security
About the Roles
As part of our continued growth in Newcastle, we're expanding our existing local team and are looking for Azure and DevOps Engineers with a strong FinOps mindset to join us.
We are looking for team members with the capability and motivation to help our customers modernise their technology platforms and ways of working. One of the key success criteria is a FinOps mindset that will lead theoptimisation of platform spend while also uplifting engineering practices, automation, and culture across teams. It's not a "heads-down ops" position. We need you to work alongside engineers, product teams, and leaders to embed cost awareness, automation, and shared ownership into how intelligent and best practice Azure platforms and modern applications are designed, built, and run.
You'll be hands-on with modern Azure and DevOps tooling while also playing a key role in shaping behaviours, processes, and decision-making as our team and capability continues to grow.
Responsibilities
Building and maintaining automation-first DevOps workflows using:GitHub Actions, Terraform \& Terragrunt
Partnering with engineering and delivery teams to: Embed cost-aware design into CI/CD and infrastructure \& Improve platform efficiency without slowing teams down
Driving FinOps practices within Azure, focusing on cost visibility, optimisation, and accountability
Creating reusable patterns, pipelines, and guardrails to support scalable cloud delivery
Working closely with stakeholders to influence people, behaviours, and culture, not just tooling.
Translating FinOps insights into practical actions teams can actually adopt
Requirements:
Strong experience in Azure DevOps / Platform Engineering
Hands-on expertise with: Azure (resource management, cost management, governance) \& Terraform \& Terragrunt
GitHub Actions (CI/CD automation)
Practical experience applying FinOps principles in real-world environments
A collaborative, relationship-driven approach, you enjoy working with people as much as systems
Ability to influence and educate teams, not just implement tools
Consulting or multi-team environment experience (nice to have)
What You Will Get:
Competitive salary package
Pick your equipment
Gifted Day Off ("VersionUp Day")
Generous parental leave
Well-funded startup environment
Annual training budget
Mentorship program
Clear promotion pathways
Flexible working arrangements
Meet-ups \& socials
97% rating on corporate social responsibility
Apply Now:
Apply now and be part of V2 AI's next phase of growth.