GCP Engineer - Outside IR35

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain GCP infrastructure using Terraform
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins)
• Deploy and run containerised workloads on GKE and Cloud Run
• Set up landing zones, resource hierarchy, networking (VPC, Shared VPC, Interconnect/VPN) and IAM
• Apply security best practice: least-privilege IAM, VPC Service Controls, Secret Manager, KMS
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting with Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging
• Support migration of workloads from on-premise or other clouds into GCP
• Optimise cloud cost and performance
• Produce clear documentation and hand over knowledge to the client team

Essential skills and experience

• [4]+ years’ cloud engineering experience, with at least [2] years hands-on in GCP
• Strong Terraform skills, including module design and remote state management
• Solid experience with Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker
• Good knowledge of core GCP services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, VPC
• CI/CD pipeline build and automation
• Scripting in Python, Bash or Go
• Linux administration and networking fundamentals
• Track record of delivering as a contractor in client-facing environments

Desirable

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification
• Experience with BigQuery, Dataflow or other GCP data services
• Policy-as-code or security tooling (OPA, Forseti, Security Command Center)
• Helm, Argo CD or other GitOps tooling
• Experience in [client sector, e.g. financial services or public sector]

Engagement terms

This role has been assessed as outside IR35.

You’ll work through your own limited company, control how and when the work is delivered against agreed outcomes, and be able to provide a substitute where appropriate.

A Status Determination Statement is available on request.