GCP-APIGEE

Test Triangle Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and operate secure cloud platform capabilities within Azure with readiness to cross‑train in GCP. You will work on API management, gateway services, and security across the platform lifecycle.

The role requires strong IaC skills (Terraform) and CI/CD expertise, plus Kubernetes and observability tooling to reduce toil and improve reliability. This is a site‑based Leeds role with a collaborative engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑train in GCP as required).
• Demonstrated expertise in IaC with Terraform and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of API management (Apigee, API Gateway) and cloud security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate secure, automated cloud platform capabilities focusing on API management and gateway services.
• Enable product teams to deliver API‑first services using reusable patterns and robust integration tooling.
• Develop and maintain IaC for provisioning Azure and GCP resources, ensuring repeatability and compliance.

Skills

Azure

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Security

Networking

Observability

Python

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Harness

Jenkins

Apigee

OpenAPI

mTLS

HashiCorp Vault

Backstage

Kubernetes

Job description

Leeds, United Kingdom | Posted on 03/17/2026

• GCPCloud
  
• GCPNetworking
  
• GCPLoad Balancer
  
• GCPStorage
  
• HashiCorpTerraform
  
• HashiCorpVault
  
• Containers
  
• Backstage
  

2. Skillsets Required

• Provenexperience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloudplatform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑trainin GCP as required).
  

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Strongproficiency with Terraform (minimum).
  
• Experiencewith modern CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and Jenkins.
  

API Management

• Deepunderstanding of GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and APIGateway solutions.
  
• Familiaritywith API design and security standards (REST/OpenAPI,authentication/authorisation, mTLS, certificate lifecycle management).
  

Networking & Security

• Hands‑onexperience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and implementation ofsecure‑by‑design controls across platform lifecycle.
  

Containers & Orchestration

• Experiencewith GKE, container runtimes, and service mesh patterns (e.g., Istio).
  

Automation & Observability

• Abilityto implement actionable observability solutions.
  
• Performancetuning and automation to reduce toil.
  
• Experiencedefining and operating to SLOs/SLIs.
  

Scripting & Tooling

• Proficiencyin Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
  
• Familiaritywith HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.
  
• Abilityto mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and upholdplatform engineering standards.
  

Certifications

3. SRE Role – Additional Requirements

• RelevantGCP certifications aligned to the service.
  
• StrongDevOps background with experience in IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform,Jenkins).
  
• Abilityto quickly understand, update, and write code (Python, Groovy, Bash,PowerShell).
  
• Demonstrableexpertise in modular, maintainable IaC design.
  
• Strongunderstanding of cloud security, networking, and APIs.
  
• Excellenttroubleshooting and problem‑solving capability.
  
• Hands‑onexperience with observability tooling (including Observability‑as‑Code andSLO‑based Dynatrace monitoring).
  
• Strongunderstanding of source‑control practices and collaborative engineering.
  
• Experiencedeveloping and administering Kubernetes clusters in production.
  
• Strongfocus on automation and toil reduction.
  
• Goodknowledge of incident management and issue resolution processes.
  
• Demonstratedpassion for continuous learning and engineering excellence.
  

4. Scope of Services

As Infrastructure Engineers within the Integration GCP team, responsibilities include:

Design, Build & Operate

• Deliverand maintain secure, automated GCP API Management platform capabilities,supporting both API Gateway and broader integration products.
  

Platform Enablement

• Enableproduct teams to deliver API‑first services using reusable patterns androbust integration tools.
  

Infrastructure Automation

• Developand maintain IaC solutions for provisioning and managing Azure and GCPresources, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and compliance.
  

Security & Compliance

• Embedsecurity best practices throughout the platform lifecycle to safeguardorganisational and customer data.
  

Performance & Reliability

• Define,monitor, and operate against SLOs/SLIs to ensure availability,performance, and resilience.
  
• Driveautomation, observability enhancement, and performance tuning to reducemanual effort and improve reliability.
  
• Workclosely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmapand platform products.
  
• Contributeto documentation, technical enablement, and engineering standards.
  
• Mentorteam members and promote a culture of continuous learning.
  

5. SRE Role – Additional Service Responsibilities

• Hands‑onengineering ownership of IaC and CI/CD pipeline‑based products andservices.
  
• Respondto change requests, implement enhancements, and improve reliability andcustomer experience.
  
• Observe,investigate, and resolve service issues using an engineering mindset –resolving issues through code, automation, and root‑cause elimination.
  
• Implementautomation to remove manual toil by leveraging existing cloud tooling orintegrating new technologies.