Senior DevOps Engineer (Google Cloud Platform) Job Title Senior DevOps Engineer – Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Purpose of the Role To design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and automated cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling rapid and reliable delivery of business-critical applications. Essential Experience • 5+ years' experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering. • Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud environments. • Hands-on experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines. • Experience managing production systems and ensuring service reliability. • Experience supporting Agile and DevOps delivery teams. • Robust troubleshooting and incident management experience in live production environments. • Lloyds GCP CNE Migration Experience (Desirable)
Key Responsibilities
Desirable • Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification • Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Behavioural Competencies • Strong stakeholder management skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication. • Ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences. • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability. • Continuous improvement mindset. • Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers. • Collaborative team player with a DevOps-first culture. Key Responsibilities • Build and maintain secure, scalable cloud platforms on GCP. • Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines. • Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions. • Improve platform observability and operational resilience. • Collaborate with development teams to embed DevOps practices. • Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve deployment speed.
• Ensure cloud solutions comply with organisational security and governance standards. • Support disaster recovery, backup, and resilience strategies. Desirable Industry Experience • Financial Services • Banking • Regulated Enterprise Environments • Large-scale Cloud Migration Programmes This specification would be suitable for a Senior DevOps Engineer or Cloud DevOps Engineer role focused on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Skill Requirements
Essential Technical Skills Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Strong knowledge of: o Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) o Compute Engine o IAM o VPC Networking o Cloud Logging and Monitoring o Secret Manager o Pub/Sub (desirable) o BigQuery (desirable) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Terraform (essential) • Infrastructure automation and environment provisioning • Configuration management principles CI/CD & Automation • Jenkins/Harness.io • Release and deployment automation • Test automation integration • Git integration for CI/CD Containers & Orchestration • Docker • Kubernetes • Helm • Container security best practices • ISTIO Monitoring & Reliability • SRE principles • Dynatrace • Application performance monitoring • Alerting and observability • Root cause analysis Scripting & Programming • Java/TypeScript/JavaScript (Desirable) • Bash/Shell • PowerShell (desirable) • Ability to develop automation tooling and operational scripts Security & Governance • Knowledge of cloud security best practices. • Experience implementing: o IAM controls o Secrets management o Vulnerability remediation o Security scanning within CI/CD pipelines • Understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements within enterprise environments. Qualifications & Certifications Essential • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.