GCP Cloud Engineer

GCP/Kubernetes DevOps Engineer (Contract)

£450+ per day (DOE) | 12 months | Outside IR35 | London (3 days onsite)

We are delivering a major secure government cloud transformation and are looking for a highly experienced Cloud DevOps/Platform Engineer to help build and run a secure private cloud environment from the ground up.

This is a hands-on engineering role in a highly secure, air-gapped environment where reliability, security, and automation are critical.

What You'll Do

• Build and operate infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong hands-on engineering with Kubernetes (GKE) - essential
• Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or similar)
• Work in secure, disconnected/air-gapped environments
• Support monitoring, logging, and system reliability (SRE practices)
• Improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency

What We're Looking For

• Strong commercial experience in GCP DevOps/Platform engineering
• Expert Kubernetes (GKE) experience - essential
• Strong Terraform/IaC experience
• Experience in secure or regulated environments
• Comfortable working in air-gapped/no-Internet environments
• Good knowledge of IAM, networking, and container security

Bonus

• Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) experience
• FinOps/cost optimisation experience
• Google Cloud certifications
• AI-assisted ops experience
• Existing DV clearance

Requirements

• Active SC clearance (minimum)
• Willingness to go through DV clearance
• Right to work in the UK
• 3 days per week onsite in London -

If this sounds a good fit for you p;ease send your updated CV