Google Cloud Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by RANGAM CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Derby, Derbyshire
Summary: As a Google Cloud Engineer, you will design, implement, and operate GCP-based infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and reliability in a regulated environment. You will collaborate with various teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions for government workloads. Your role will involve managing core GCP services and ensuring compliance throughout the delivery lifecycle. Strong hands-on experience with GCP and related technologies is essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on GCP.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and/or GDM.
- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerised workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker.
- Implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI or similar.
- Configure and manage core GCP services (e.g. Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, VPC networking, Load Balancing).
- Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging and related observability tools.
- Embed security and compliance into all stages of the delivery lifecycle, working within government or regulated environment standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, architects, security, product) to support application delivery and incident resolution.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience as a Cloud / DevOps / Platform Engineer working with GCP.
- Strong knowledge of core GCP services (compute, storage, networking, identity and access management).
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and configuration management.
- Experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE) and containerisation (Docker).
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Good understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, network security, and compliance in regulated environments.
- Proven experience operating production workloads (monitoring, incident response, performance, cost optimisation).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Derby
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role overview As a GC Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and operating GCP-based infrastructure and platforms, with a strong emphasis on automation, security, and reliability in a highly regulated environment. You will work closely with architecture, security, and application teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions for government workloads. Key responsibilities Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on GCP. Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and/ GDM. Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerised workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker. Implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI or similar. Configure and manage core GCP services (e.g. Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, VPC networking, Load Balancing). Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging and related observability tools. Embed security and compliance into all stages of the delivery lifecycle, working within government or regulated environment standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, architects, security, product) to support application delivery and incident resolution. Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures. Essential skills and experience Hands-on experience as a Cloud / DevOps / Platform Engineer working with GCP. Strong knowledge of core GCP services (compute, storage, networking, identity and access management). Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and configuration management. Experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE) and containerisation (Docker). Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Good understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, network security, and compliance in regulated environments. Proven experience operating production workloads (monitoring, incident response, performance, cost optimisation).