Robert Court
Azure DevOps Engineer

Robert Court

Building secure, automated cloud platforms for regulated industries.

DevOps engineer specialising in building and evolving secure Azure cloud platforms, with a focus on infrastructure provisioning, application migration, and platform standardisation. Strong experience using Terraform to define scalable, policy-compliant infrastructure across networking, identity, and compute in multi-environment setups.

Design and operation of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, enabling consistent build, test, and release workflows. Hands-on experience migrating legacy applications into Azure, including discovery, dependency mapping, and re-platforming.

Work delivered within regulated financial environments, with an emphasis on secure-by-design infrastructure, access control, and alignment with strict compliance requirements.

Outside of work, active development of side projects focused on AI integration and system design including a Muay Thai fight tracking platform, Perplexity API experiments, a social scheduling tool, and a quiz game powered by the Claude API.

Cloud Platform

Microsoft Azure

Key Client

Bank of England

Primary IaC

Terraform

Focus Area

Regulated Environments

Cloud & Infrastructure

Microsoft Azure AWS Terraform Azure App Service Azure Key Vault Azure Virtual Networks Azure Storage Azure Monitor Azure Policy

CI/CD & Automation

GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Pipelines GitOps Infrastructure as Code Pipeline Automation Agile Methodologies Release Management

Security & Compliance

DevSecOps Wiz.io Regulated Environments Financial Services Compliance National Security Vetting Secrets Management Zero-Trust Networking Azure Defender

Languages & Tools

HCL (Terraform) YAML Bash PowerShell Python JavaScript Git JIRA Atlassian Suite

Certifications

AZ-900 · Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Cisco Cyber Threat Management Level 3 Diploma · Business Administration
In Progress

Muay Thai Fight Tracker

A website to track Muay Thai news and upcoming fights.

Perplexity API JavaScript Web App
In Progress

AI Ethics Explorer

Experimenting with the Perplexity API to explore AI behaviour and ethical responses.

Perplexity API AI Research Python
In Progress

Content Scheduler

A social media scheduling app prototype, inspired by friends who create content.

JavaScript Social API Prototype
In Progress

Claude Quiz Game

A quiz game built with the Claude API — created for fun.

Claude API JavaScript Game
Shipped

This Portfolio

A minimalist, responsive GitHub Pages portfolio — built with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No frameworks, no build step.

HTML CSS JavaScript GitHub Pages

Azure DevOps Engineer

Version 1 · Financial Services

Aug 2023 – Present
Bank of England Jan 2024 – Present
  • Remediating broken workflows and stabilising a Cloud platform in preparation for migration to a new Azure Cloud Platform.
  • Configured and deployed an Azure Function App via Terraform to automate credential rotation for all critical BoE applications.
  • Utilised Wiz.io to locate vulnerable resources and implemented patching across all BoE applications.
  • Automated CI/CD processes and pipelines with GitHub Actions.
Version 1 Internal Project Oct – Dec 2023
  • Automated deployment of an AWS-based document approval application built by the Version 1 Software Development team.
Azure Terraform GitHub Actions Wiz.io AWS

Business Support Admin

Version 1

Mar 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Supported the Version 1 acquisition of Automation Logic, integrating Automation Logic assets into Version 1's IT infrastructure.
  • Provided business support to Version 1 Bids and Proposals covering Automation Logic's contract extensions and ongoing bids.

Sales Operations Admin

Automation Logic

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023
  • Client billing, contract reviewing and invoice payments.
  • Supporting bid proposals and sending contracts for signature.
  • Asset management of Automation Logic's business contracts with Vodafone, Apple and Dell.

Business Admin Apprentice

Automation Logic

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
  • Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship.
  • Experian BPSS checks and process creation for National Security Vetting (MoD).
  • On-boarding and off-boarding employees, providing access across all internal platforms.
  • Internal expense management for all billable and non-billable expenses.
Level 3 Business Admin National Security Vetting