Help deliver secure Google Cloud infrastructure for a restricted UK environment.
This is an urgent, hands-on contract for an Infrastructure Engineer who has personally built and supported production GCP infrastructure, Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped platforms and GKE.
It is not a presales, advisory-only or general cloud architecture role.
Why this project
You will take direct ownership of the platform foundations that allow workloads to operate securely in a disconnected environment.
The remit spans infrastructure build, automation, networking, landing zones and Kubernetes, with the opportunity to influence how the environment is delivered and supported.
What you will deliver
- Secure GCP and Google Distributed Cloud infrastructure for an air-gapped environment
- Repeatable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud networking, connectivity and landing-zone components
- Production Google Kubernetes Engine platforms
- Troubleshooting, operational support and reliable handover
Essential experience
- Hands-on production GCP infrastructure delivery
- Direct Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped or disconnected-environment delivery
- Fabric Fast Customisation
- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Infrastructure automation and CI/CD
- Cloud networking and landing zones
- Google Kubernetes Engine
Non-negotiable eligibility
- UK citizenship
- Current active UK Security Clearance
- Ability to work in a UK hybrid arrangement
- Ability to travel within the UK, ideally once or twice every two months
- The project cannot accommodate nationality caveats. Applications without both UK citizenship and current active UK Security Clearance cannot progress.
Contract details
- Initial three-month contract, with potential for extension
- United Kingdom, hybrid
- CET working hours
- English-language delivery
- Profile reviews and initial meetings during the first two weeks of September 2026
How to apply
Please apply with a current CV and concise evidence of a production GDC air-gapped environment you personally delivered, including your responsibility and the outcome.
Also confirm your current clearance status, UK citizenship, availability and proposed contract rate.
Do not include clearance-sensitive project information in your application.