GCP Cloud Security & Platform Engineer

Capgemini; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a skilled GCP Cloud Security & Platform Engineer to design, implement, secure, and optimize enterprise-scale Google Cloud environments. You will focus on IaC with Terraform, cloud security governance, and automation to meet industry standards and best practices.

The role blends work across company offices, client sites, and home-based settings, reflecting a hybrid model that supports flexible delivery while maintaining security governance and reliability.

Job description

About The Job You Are Considering

We are seeking a highly skilled GCP Cloud Security & Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud security, governance, and automation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and optimizing enterprise-scale cloud environments while ensuring compliance with industry security standards and cloud best practice

Hybrid Working

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role

• Design, build, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and enforce cloud infrastructure standards.
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.

Your Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform GCP
• Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code implementation
• Experience with Cloud Security Compliance and Governance
• Deep understanding of:
• IAM
• VPC Networking
• Firewall Rules
• Shared VPC
• Cloud Logging Monitoring
• Security Command Center SCC
• Cloud Audit Logs
• Experience implementing CIS benchmarks and cloud security best practices
• Strong understanding of cloud resilience availability disaster recovery and operational risk management
• Experience with CICD pipelines and automated cloud deployments Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills

We Are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what Does It Mean For You)

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World's Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why You Should Consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Make it real. | www.capgemini.com