GCP DevOps Engineer

OpticoreIT Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Opticore IT is seeking a GCP DevOps Engineer to join our cloud engineering team for a 6 month contract inside IR35, based in Central London with on-site work 1 day per week. You will architect and deploy a GCP landing zone, build scalable services, and partner with development teams across multiple financial services clients.

The role requires strong cloud and IaC skills, experience with Terraform, GitLab/Bitbucket and CI/CD tools, and working within an Agile environment to deliver secure,

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services
• Strong CI/CD practices and automation mindset
• Familiarity with source control systems and collaboration workflows

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy a GCP landing zone and services on top of it.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud platforms.

Skills

GCP/AWS experience

CI/CD practices

Version control

Agile environment

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Jenkins/CircleCI

Job description

Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.

Opticore IT are currently searching for a GCP DevOps Engineer, with a strong experience in cloud services (GCP & AWS) & Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

As a member of the cloud engineering team, you will play a crucial role in architecting highly reliable, available, secure, and performant cloud services within a GCP & AWS environment.

You'll join our excelling team in one of our Financial Services clients on an initial 6 month contract Inside IR35 with the prospect of extension, based on site 1 day a week in Central London.

What you'll be doing:

In this role, you will actively participate in diverse projects encompassing the entire lifecycle of deploying a GCP landing zone and constructing services on top of it. You will actively participate in projects that encompass the entire lifecycle of deploying a GCP landing zone, ensuring its design, implementation, and maintenance aligned with the needs of the development teams.

In addition to onboarding support, you will continuously seek ways to enhance the processes and platform services to better serve the needs of developers. Your deep understanding of cloud technologies, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration will be instrumental in architecting a reliable, scalable, and secure GCP environment. By integrating best practices and leveraging automation, you will ensure a consistent and standardised experience for developers, facilitating rapid development and deployment cycles.

What you'llbring:

• Proficiency in GCP/AWS services such as Networking, Compute Storage, Identity & Security, Operations, and Monitoring is a fundamental requirement.
• Demonstrated expertise in IaC, utilising Terraform and crafting Terraform Modules.
• Strong skills and experience in Version Control systems (e.g., GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Proven proficiency in CI/CD practices using tools like GitLab, Jenkins, Circle CI, etc.
• Successful track record of operating in an Agile environment with enterprise change control processes.

Diversity:

At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.