GCP DevOps Engineer

GCP DevOps Engineer – (GCP, Google Cloud Platform, DevOps, CI/CD, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Architecture, SRE, Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, Google) – Permanent – London/Hybrid

Charles Simon Associates are recruiting for a GCP DevOps Engineer in London on an exclusive basis for our rapidly scaling business.

Location: London/Hybrid

Salary: Flexible, Dependant on Experience

Are you passionate about building scalable cloud infrastructure and automating everything in sight? We’re looking for a GCP DevOps Engineer to join our growing engineering team and play a key role in designing, deploying, and maintaining mission-critical systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

For clarity, you must be working on GCP currently to be right for this role.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing and implementing GCP infrastructure (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, etc.).
• Building CI/CD pipelines using tools like Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Automating infrastructure with Terraform (or equivalent IaC tools).
• Implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting using Stackdriver / Cloud Monitoring.
• Ensuring security, scalability, and high availability across cloud services.
• Collaborating with Developers, SREs, and Architects to deliver robust solutions.
• Driving cost optimisation and best practices across the GCP estate.

What We’re Looking For:

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (must have).
• Strong background in DevOps / SRE / Cloud Engineering.
• IaC expertise (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with Kubernetes / GKE and containerisation (Docker).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Solid knowledge of Linux, networking, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go).
• Knowledge of monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver).

Nice to Have:

• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Architect certification.
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Anthos).

GCP DevOps Engineer – (GCP, Google Cloud Platform, DevOps, CI/CD, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Architecture, SRE, Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, Google) – Permanent – London/Hybrid