GCP Cloud Engineer

£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.

• 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

• 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

• Google Cloud certifications
• AI-assisted ops experience
• Existing DV clearance

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