Google Cloud Application Support Engineer
Posted Today by Summer-Browning Associates
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Westminster, UK
Summary: The role of Google Cloud Application Support Engineer involves providing technical support and engineering for applications within Google Cloud environments for a consultancy client working with Central Government. The position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure application resilience and security while managing deployments and operational tasks. The contract is initially for 12 months and is based in London with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engineering secure, scalable, and resilient applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) environments.
- Working within disconnected environments on data-severing solutions.
- Collaborating closely with architecture, engineering and security teams to ensure seamless integration from design through delivery.
- Deploy, monitor and support applications on Google, including Cloud Functions, GKE, Compute Engine, and App Engine.
- Use Google Cloud Operations Suite (Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Trace) to maintain service health and identify potential issues.
- Execute routine operational tasks such as configuration updates, performance checks, restarts, permissions reviews, and patching activities.
- Support deployments and releases through controlled CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist with maintaining service accounts, IAM roles, and organisational policies following least-privilege principles.
- Support with application migration activities including the technical analysis, deployment and testing alongside the architecture teams.
- Develop and maintain documentation including Low Level Designs, runbooks and guidance.
Key Skills:
- Proven hands-on experience as a Google Application Operator specialising in Google Cloud.
- Practical hands-on knowledge of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC).
- Experience working in environments without direct Internet connectivity.
- Strong engineering background with deep understanding of IaC (Terraform, Deployment Manager), automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in networking, IAM, containerisation (GKE/Kubernetes), and secure systems design.
- Confident working within highly regulated or classified environments where reliability and compliance are paramount.
- Strong communicator - able to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SBA are currently supporting our consultancy client, who are supporting a Central Government client. The requirement is for Google Cloud Application Support Engineer on an initial 12 month contract
Location - London (Hybrid)
What You'll Be Doing
- Engineering secure, scalable, and resilient applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) environments.
- Working within disconnected environments on data-severing solutions.
- Collaborating closely with architecture, engineering and security teams to ensure seamless integration from design through delivery.
- Deploy, monitor and support applications on Google, including Cloud Functions, GKE, Compute Engine, and App Engine.
- Use Google Cloud Operations Suite (Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Trace) to maintain service health and identify potential issues.
- Execute routine operational tasks such as configuration updates, performance checks, restarts, permissions reviews, and patching activities.
- Support deployments and releases through controlled CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist with maintaining service accounts, IAM roles, and organisational policies following least-privilege principles.
- Support with application migration activities including the technical analysis, deployment and testing alongside the architecture teams.
- Develop and maintain documentation including Low Level Designs, runbooks and guidance.
What You'll Bring
- Proven hands-on experience as a Google Application Operator specialising in Google Cloud.
- Practical hands-on knowledge of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC),
- Experience working in environments without direct Internet connectivity.
- Strong engineering background with deep understanding of IaC (Terraform, Deployment Manager), automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in networking, IAM, containerisation (GKE/Kubernetes), and secure systems design.
- Confident working within highly regulated or classified environments where reliability and compliance are paramount.
- Strong communicator - able to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.
NB: SC cleared role and applicants must be willing to undertake DV
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