iO Associates
GCP Cloud Engineer
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SC Cleared / SC Eligible Senior GCP Cloud Engineer
£90,000-£95,000 | Permanent | Fully Remote | Occasional UK Travel
We're looking for an experienced Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to join a growing engineering team delivering secure, cloud-native platforms within a highly regulated environment.
This is a genuine opportunity to take ownership of a greenfield platform, working across Google Cloud, Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code to build secure, scalable infrastructure from the ground up.
The Role
You'll be responsible for designing, building and operating production cloud infrastructure, owning the platform that enables engineering teams to deliver at scale. Working across distributed Kubernetes environments, you'll drive automation, observability, security and platform reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build and operate secure cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud.
- Own Kubernetes (GKE) platforms and container orchestration.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Implement monitoring, logging and observability across the platform.
- Drive platform security, networking and resilience.
- Support deployments into secure, high-assurance environments.
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Tech Stack
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Kubernetes & Docker
- Terraform
- GitLab CI / GitHub Actions / Jenkins
- Prometheus, Grafana & Loki
- Kafka
- Vault
- Keycloak
- Linux
What We're Looking For
- Strong commercial experience building and operating production GCP environments.
- Deep Kubernetes and GKE expertise.
- Strong Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience.
- Experience owning CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation.
- Excellent Linux administration skills.
- Security-conscious approach with experience delivering resilient cloud platforms.
- Experience working within secure or highly regulated environments.
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Desirable
- Defence, Government or other high-assurance environments.
- Air-gapped or restricted network deployments.
- Multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.
- Cilium, eBPF or advanced Kubernetes networking.
- Python, Bash or Go.
- CKA or CKAD certification.
Clearance
- Active SC Clearance preferred.
- Candidates eligible and willing to undergo SC Clearance will also be considered.
What's on Offer
- Salary up to £95,000
- Fully remote working with occasional UK travel
- Opportunity to build and own a greenfield cloud platform
- Work with modern GCP and open-source technologies
- Equity/share options
- Company pension
- Clear progression within a growing engineering team
- Exposure to technically challenging, high-impact projects
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