GCP DevOPS- Terraform

Greetings

We are Hiring GCP DevOPS- Terraform Position in Halifax, Bristol, or Edinburgh

6 Months contract

Hybrid Model

GCP - DevOps

In-scope Technology :

Google Cloud Platform infrastructure:

• Compute Engine

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) virtual machines

• Windows virtual machines

• Local SSD

• Persistent Disk

• Cloud Networking

• Cloud Logging

• Cloud Monitoring

• Cloud Storage

• Cloud Key Management

• Cloud Secret Manager

• Dynatrace

• GitHub Enterprise

• HashiCorp products, including Terraform and Packer

• Jenkins

• Backstage

• Jira Cloud and Jira Align

Skillset Required :

Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineering: Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities, with a focus on Google compute products and services.

• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform (minimum), Jenkins, and modern CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Harness, Jenkins).

• Networking & Security: Experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and embedding secure-by-design controls from design to runtime.

• Automation & Observability: Implementing actionable observability, performance tuning, and automation to reduce toil. Defining and operating against SLOs/SLIs.

• Scripting & Tooling: Scripting in Bash, PowerShell, or Python. Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.

• Team Leadership, Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to lead and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers, ensuring cross-team collaboration and mentoring.

• Certifications: Relevant GCP certifications are desirable.

Scope of services

As an infrastructure engineering lead within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team, the scope of service includes:

• Design, Build, and Operate: Deliver and maintain secure, automated Google compute capabilities, supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows virtual machine and broader compute and networking products and configurations.

• Platform Enablement: Enable product teams to deliver Google IaaS solutions at pace, leveraging reusable patterns and robust integration tools.

• Infrastructure Automation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and managing Google resources, ensuring repeatability and compliance.

• Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices and controls throughout the platform lifecycle, safeguarding organisational and customer data.

• Performance & Reliability: Define, monitor, and operate against service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs), ensuring high availability, performance, and fault tolerance.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive automation, observability, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.

• Collaboration: Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products, contributing to documentation and enablement.

• Team Leadership, Mentoring & Standards: Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers and uphold engineering standards, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

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