Summer-Browning Associates Ltd
Application Specialist
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SBA are currently supporting our consultancy client, who are supporting a Central Government client. The requirement is for a Google Cloud Application Support Engineer on an initial 12-month contract.
Location - London (Hybrid)
What You’ll Be Doing
- Engineering secure, scalable, and resilient applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) environments.
- Working within disconnected environments on data-severing solutions.
- Collaborating closely with architecture, engineering, and security teams to ensure seamless integration from design through delivery.
- Deploy, monitor, and support applications on Google, including Cloud Functions, GKE, Compute Engine, and App Engine.
- Use Google Cloud Operations Suite (Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Trace) to maintain service health and identify potential issues.
- Execute routine operational tasks such as configuration updates, performance checks, restarts, permissions reviews, and patching activities.
- Support deployments and releases through controlled CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist with maintaining service accounts, IAM roles, and organizational policies following least-privilege principles.
- Support with application migration activities including the technical analysis, deployment, and testing alongside the architecture teams.
- Develop and maintain documentation including Low Level Designs, runbooks, and guidance.
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What You’ll Bring
- Proven hands-on experience as a Google Application Operator specializing in Google Cloud.
- Practical hands-on knowledge of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC).
- Experience working in environments without direct internet connectivity.
- Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of IaC (Terraform, Deployment Manager), automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in networking, IAM, containerization (GKE/Kubernetes), and secure systems design.
- Confident working within highly regulated or classified environments where reliability and compliance are paramount.
- Strong communicator — able to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.
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