Google Cloud Platform Engineer

GCP Platform Engineer - Contract Opportunity

Outside IR35 Contract | Remote | Competitive Day Rate | ASAP Start

NOTE: You must be holding active UK Security Clearance (SC) to be eligible for this contract opportunity.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and building secure, scalable GCP landing zones
• Implementing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Developing cloud platform services, guardrails and governance controls
• Building and supporting GCP networking, IAM and organisational policy structures
• Working closely with architects, security teams and engineering stakeholders
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation initiatives
• Driving best practice across cloud security, resilience and platform engineering

What We're Looking For

• Active UK Security Clearance (SC)
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Proven experience building or supporting GCP landing zones / cloud foundations
• Excellent Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
• Experience with cloud networking, IAM, security controls and governance frameworks
• Knowledge of Kubernetes / GKE environments
• Experience operating within enterprise-scale cloud platforms
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Desirable

• Previous experience within Central Government, Defence or other secure environments
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, GitLab or similar
• Google Cloud certifications

Contract Details

Outside IR35

Fully Remote

Competitive Day Rate

Initial contract with strong likelihood of extension

ASAP Start

If you're a GCP specialist with a strong platform engineering background and experience building cloud foundations or landing zones, we'd love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to work on a high-profile cloud programme with immediate impact.