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Senior GCP Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)

Location: Manchester (2 days onsite)

Salary: Up to £95,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Ready to build cloud infrastructure properly — automated, scalable, secure, and engineered (not manually stitched together)?

This is a high-impact role for a Senior GCP Engineer / Platform Engineer who wants ownership, modern tooling, and a team that actually practices DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

The Opportunity

Join a cross-functional platform engineering team delivering enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure.

You’ll design reusable cloud products, build automation, and define standards used by multiple engineering teams across a large-scale GCP estate.

This is hands-on engineering, not support, with real influence over architecture, tooling, and DevOps practices.

What You’ll Be Doing

* Build and manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform & Terraform Cloud

* Design and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules

* Improve Terraform state management, structure, and scalability

* Develop automation and tooling using Python

* Engineer secure GCP landing zones (org policies, guardrails, policy as code – OPA/Sentinel, zero trust)

* Work with Kubernetes (GKE), containers, and service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio)

* Manage cluster operations, networking, and service-to-service communication

* Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Jenkins, Harness)

* Drive DevOps best practices and cloud adoption across teams

What You’ll Bring

* Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

* Solid background in DevOps / Platform Engineering

* Advanced Terraform skills (modules, workspaces, state management)

* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

* Strong Python scripting for automation

* Hands-on experience with Kubernetes / GKE, containerisation, and service mesh architectures

* Experience with cloud security, governance, and policy as code

* Relevant GCP or Terraform certifications (desirable)

Nice to Have

* SME-level GCP expertise or consulting background

* Experience influencing architecture and DevOps strategy

* Exposure to internal developer platforms (e.g. Backstage)

Why Join?

* Modern GCP-native environment (not legacy-heavy)

* High level of engineering autonomy and ownership

* Opportunity to shape cloud platforms at scale

* Backed by a major UK organisation with strong career progression

* Culture focused on DevOps, automation, and engineering excellence

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