GCP DevOPS platform engineer - #2193573

Greetings

We are Hiring

Senior GCP DevOPS Platform Engineer | Manchester, UK (Hybrid)

2 days onsite

6 months contract

Experience Level

Senior DevOps / Platform Engineering

Cloud Platform

GCP (Preferred), Terraform, Infrastructure as Code

Container Platforms

Kubernetes (Strong hands-on), GKE (Preferred), OpenShift (Mandatory)

CI/CD Tools

Harness, Jenkins, GitHub, Git

Developer Platform

Backstage, Internal Developer Platform (IDP), Golden Paths, Self-Service

Observability

Dynatrace, Metrics, Logs, Traces, SLI/SLO, Alerting

Security

HashiCorp Vault, Certificate Management, IAM, Least Privilege Access

Networking

Istio Service Mesh, Ingress/Egress, Traffic Management, Network Security

Automation

Terraform, Bash, Python, PowerShell (Desirable)

Key Responsibilities

Kubernetes platform engineering, cloud automation, CI/CD delivery, observability, platform security, developer enablement

Industry Preference

Large regulated enterprise environments

Additional Advantage

Multi-cloud / Hybrid-cloud experience, SRE, Incident Management, Capacity & Resilience Management

Must-Have Skills (Shortlist Checklist)

Kubernetes (GKE preferred)

OpenShift (Mandatory)

Terraform

GCP

Harness CI/CD

Jenkins

Backstage / IDP

Dynatrace

Istio Service Mesh

HashiCorp Vault

GitHub / Git

Suitable Job Titles

• Senior DevOps Engineer
• Platform Engineer
• Kubernetes Engineer
• Cloud Platform Engineer
• Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• DevSecOps Engineer
• Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Key Screening Questions

1. How many years of hands-on Kubernetes experience do you have?
2. Have you worked with both GKE and OpenShift?
3. What is your experience with Terraform and reusable IaC modules?
4. Have you implemented CI/CD using Harness and Jenkins?
5. What is your experience with Dynatrace for observability?
6. Have you worked with Istio Service Mesh?
7. What is your experience with HashiCorp Vault and certificate management?
8. Have you built or supported Backstage/Internal Developer Platforms?
9. Are you willing to work hybrid in Manchester?
10. What is your current and expected rate/salary?

Mandatory skills for shortlisting: OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD (Harness/Jenkins), Dynatrace, Istio, Vault, and GCP.