GCP Devops Engineer

Vallum Associates; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 148,000; Part time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking a highly skilled GCP DevOps Engineer for a London-based contract role. You will build, automate, and manage enterprise-grade cloud platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with a strong focus on IaC, CI/CD, and Kubernetes.

The role requires collaboration with Data Engineering, App Development, Architecture, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Terraform, GCP core services, GKE,

Qualifications

• Proficient in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) core services and architecture.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for enterprise platforms.
• Automate deployments of data/platform services and manage release orchestration.
• Ensure security, monitoring and reliability of cloud platforms.

Skills

GCP Core Services

GKE

Compute Engine

Cloud Storage

Cloud SQL

Terraform

Git

CI/CD Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

The Role: GCP Devops Engineer

Location: London, UK

Position Type: Contract Inside IR35

Remote work option Available: 2 Days Onsite in a week

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled GCP DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and manage enterprise-grade cloud platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, cloud security, monitoring, and platform reliability. The role requires close collaboration with Data Engineering, Application Development, Architecture, and Operations teams to ensure secure, scalable, and highly available cloud solutions.

Your responsibilities:

CI/CD & Release Automation

• Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate application and data platform deployments.
• Manage source control integration and release orchestration.
• Improve deployment frequency, reliability, and rollback mechanisms.

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Deploy and manage workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Manage containerized applications using Docker.
• Implement Kubernetes security, scaling, monitoring, and cluster lifecycle management.
• Optimize resource utilization and application performance.

Monitoring & Observability

• Configure and maintain Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and alerting frameworks.
• Implement application health checks, dashboards, and operational reporting.
• Define SLI/SLO metrics and establish reliability practices.
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Maintain platform availability, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Automate routine operational tasks and infrastructure maintenance.
• Perform performance tuning and cloud cost optimization.
• Support production deployments and critical incident management.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• GCP Core Services
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Compute Engine
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud SQL
• Terraform
• Git
• Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
• Docker
• Kubernetes

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience: (As applicable)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to work in global and multi-vendor environments.
• Experience delivering solutions for data modernization and cloud migration initiatives