Google Cloud Engineer
Posted 7 days ago by X4 Technology
£50 Per hour
Outside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The GCP Consultant role focuses on designing and implementing secure Google Cloud infrastructure, particularly in networking architecture, for a leading banking client. This position is part of a cloud engineering team and involves collaboration with platform engineers and security teams. The contract is outside IR35 and offers a hybrid working arrangement with three days on-site in Edinburgh. The role is expected to last for an initial six months with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement GCP networking architecture (VPCs, subnets, routing, firewall rules, hybrid connectivity)
- Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform modules
- Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines
- Deploy and manage containerised workloads using GKE
- Ensure secure, resilient and scalable cloud environments aligned to banking standards
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering and security
Key Skills:
- 5+ years’ hands-on GCP architecture and implementation experience
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud Networking
- Proven experience building and maintaining Terraform modules
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices
- Solid experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Experience working within regulated or enterprise-scale environments (banking/financial services desirable)
Salary (Rate): £400.00 daily
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
GCP Consultant – GCP Networking (Outside IR35) £350–£400 per day | 6 Months Initial | Hybrid 3 x days per week onsite in Edinburgh
A leading banking client is seeking an experienced GCP Consultant with strong GCP Networking expertise to join their cloud engineering team on an Outside IR35 contract. This is an initial 6-month engagement with strong potential for extension, supporting a major cloud transformation programme within a highly regulated banking environment.
The Role
You will play a key role in designing and implementing secure, scalable Google Cloud infrastructure, with a particular focus on networking architecture and best practice deployment. Working alongside platform engineers and security teams, you’ll contribute to the build and optimisation of GCP environments using Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement GCP networking architecture (VPCs, subnets, routing, firewall rules, hybrid connectivity)
- Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform modules
- Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines
- Deploy and manage containerised workloads using GKE
- Ensure secure, resilient and scalable cloud environments aligned to banking standards
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering and security
Required Experience
- 5+ years’ hands-on GCP architecture and implementation experience
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud Networking
- Proven experience building and maintaining Terraform modules
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices
- Solid experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Experience working within regulated or enterprise-scale environments (banking/financial services desirable)
Contract Details
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: 6 months initial (strong extension potential)
- Location: Hybrid – 3 days onsite in Edinburgh, Bristol or Leeds / 2 days remote
- Rate: £350–£400 per day
- IR35: Outside IR35
If this role is of interest, please apply now.