Senior GCP Engineer

Senior GCP Engineer (Google Cloud Platform) Location: Manchester (2 days onsite) Salary: Up to £95,000 + Bonus + Benefits Ready to build cloud infrastructure properly — automated, scalable, secure, and engineered (not manually stitched together)? This is a high-impact role for a Senior GCP Engineer / Platform Engineer who wants ownership, modern tooling, and a team that actually practices DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The Opportunity Join a cross-functional platform engineering team delivering enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure. You’ll design reusable cloud products, build automation, and define standards used by multiple engineering teams across a large-scale GCP estate. This is hands-on engineering, not support, with real influence over architecture, tooling, and DevOps practices. What You’ll Be Doing * Build and manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform & Terraform Cloud * Design and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules * Improve Terraform state management, structure, and scalability * Develop automation and tooling using Python * Engineer secure GCP landing zones (org policies, guardrails, policy as code – OPA/Sentinel, zero trust) * Work with Kubernetes (GKE), containers, and service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio) * Manage cluster operations, networking, and service-to-service communication * Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Jenkins, Harness) * Drive DevOps best practices and cloud adoption across teams What You’ll Bring * Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) * Solid background in DevOps / Platform Engineering * Advanced Terraform skills (modules, workspaces, state management) * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) * Strong Python scripting for automation * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes / GKE, containerisation, and service mesh architectures * Experience with cloud security, governance, and policy as code * Relevant GCP or Terraform certifications (desirable) Nice to Have * SME-level GCP expertise or consulting background * Experience influencing architecture and DevOps strategy * Exposure to internal developer platforms (e.g. Backstage) Why Join? * Modern GCP-native environment (not legacy-heavy) * High level of engineering autonomy and ownership * Opportunity to shape cloud platforms at scale * Backed by a major UK organisation with strong career progression * Culture focused on DevOps, automation, and engineering excellence