Google DCX Engineering Lead
Job Title: Google DCX Engineering Lead
Job Type: Contract · Inside IR35
Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh — Hybrid (2 days a week)
Duration: 12 months (Contract Inside IR35)
The Rol
eWe're looking to recruit an Infrastructure engineering lead within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team, The key attributes to the role ar
eLeadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engineer
sManage multi partner, permanent colleague
sSomebody experienced in Product Ownership, set the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP DCX (Data Centre Extension) – IaaS Platfor
mTechnical Competencie
sStrong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automatio
nGCP DCX - Consist of GCP VMs, Iaa
CGoogle Cloud Backgroun
dSenior Technology Person (50% Tech Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineering
)
The scope of service includ
esDesign, 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 configuration
s.Platform Enablement: Enable product teams to deliver Google IaaS solutions at pace, leveraging reusable patterns and robust integration tool
s.Infrastructure Automation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and managing Google resources, ensuring repeatability and complianc
e.Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices and controls throughout the platform lifecycle, safeguarding organisational and customer dat
a.Performance & Reliability: Define, monitor, and operate against service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs), ensuring high availability, performance, and fault toleranc
e.Continuous Improvement: Drive automation, observability, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliabilit
y.Collaboration: Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products, contributing to documentation and enablemen
t.Team Leadership, Mentoring & Standards: Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers and uphold engineering standards, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvemen
t.
Your Responsibilit
iesGoogle Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineering: Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities, with a focus on Google compute products and servic
es.Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform (minimum), Jenkins, and modern CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Harness, Jenkin
s).Networking & Security: Experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and embedding secure-by-design controls from design to runti
me.Automation & Observability: Implementing actionable observability, performance tuning, and automation to reduce toil. Defining and operating against SLOs/SL
Is.Scripting & Tooling: Scripting in Bash, PowerShell, or Python. Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirab
le.Team Leadership, Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to lead and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers, ensuring cross-team collaboration and mentori
ng.Certifications: Relevant GCP certifications are desira
ble
Key Attributes for the
- roleLeadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engin
- eersManage WIPRO, LTC and Perm collea
- guesSet the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP
- DCXRelationship Management, Influential, strong interpersonal sk
illsTechnical Competen
- ciesStrong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automa
- tionGCP DCX - Consist of GCP VMs,
- IaaCGoogle Cloud Backgr
- oundHands on Engineering Person (50% Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineer