Kubernetes Platform Tech Lead – GCP / GKE / Cloud Native

Kubernetes Platform Tech Lead

We are supporting a major global banking client building out a next-generation Managed Kubernetes Platform environment across GCP.

This is a senior technical leadership role focused on engineering a highly resilient, scalable, developer-friendly GKE platform within a complex enterprise environment.

Strong focus on:

• Kubernetes & Cloud Native engineering

• GKE platform build & automation

• GoLang & Python engineering

• Terraform / Helm / FluxCD / Tekton

• CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code

• Multi-cluster platform operations

• Observability (Prometheus / Grafana / GCP Monitoring)

• Security, resiliency & operational governance

• Financial services / regulated environments

You will:

• Lead technical direction of the Kubernetes platform

• Support strategic multi-cloud initiatives

• Work closely with DevOps and engineering teams

• Mentor engineers and drive platform innovation

• Build automated, scalable Kubernetes solutions on GCP

Ideal background:

✔ Deep Kubernetes ecosystem knowledge

✔ Strong GoLang experience (environment heavily Go-based)

✔ Enterprise GKE platform engineering

✔ Cloud Native tooling & GitOps delivery

✔ Experience within large-scale regulated environments

Nice to have:

✅ GCP Professional Certifications

✅ CKA / CKAD certifications

✅ FluxCD / ArgoCD experience

Open to strong Kubernetes platform engineers and technical leads looking to work on genuinely large-scale cloud-native engineering programmes.

Message me directly for further information.

#Kubernetes #GKE #GoogleCloud #PlatformEngineering #CloudNative #DevOps #GoLang #Terraform #GitOps #SRE #HSBC #TechLead #PlatformEngineer #Hiring