GCP Senior DevOps Consultant – London – Contract

DCV Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DCV Technologies in London is seeking an experienced GCP Senior DevOps Consultant to join a major cloud programme on a hybrid basis. You will design, automate and operate scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform, manage GKE clusters and CI/CD pipelines, and implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible.

You'll work across public and hybrid environments, integrating security scanning and observability tools, and troubleshoot pipelines and deployments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with GCP and Kubernetes in production.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting in Python or Bash for automation.
• IaC using Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of security scanning and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate and operate scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform.
• Manage and support GKE/Kubernetes clusters and workloads.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Develop automation using Python and Bash/Shell scripting.
• Build and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, including scripted Groovy.
• Manage containerised deployments using Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
• Work with GCP services such as GKE, MIGs, CloudSQL and Memorystore.
• Automate build, deployment, security scanning and tooling integrations.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Support monitoring and observability integrations with Datadog, Grafana, AppDynamics.
• Work across public and hybrid-cloud environments, including networking and firewall requirements.

Skills

GCP experience

Kubernetes/GKE

CI/CD automation

Python scripting

Linux/Unix

Security & DevSecOps

Networking & firewall knowledge

Git

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Groovy

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Datadog/Grafana

Job description

Location: London – Hybrid

Contract: 6 months

Positions: 2

We are looking for an experienced GCP Senior DevOps Consultant to join a major cloud technology programme in London.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, automate and operate scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform


• Manage and support GKE/Kubernetes clusters and workloads


• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible


• Develop automation using Python and Bash/Shell scripting


• Build and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, including scripted pipelines using Groovy


• Manage containerised deployments using Docker, Kubernetes and Helm


• Work with GCP services including GKE, MIGs, CloudSQL and Memorystore


• Automate build, deployment, security scanning and tooling integrations


• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure and deployment issues


• Support monitoring and observability integrations using tools such as Datadog, Grafana and AppDynamics


• Work across public and hybrid-cloud environments, including networking and firewall requirements

Essential Skills

• Strong hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience


• GKE and Kubernetes


• Docker and Helm


• Terraform and Ansible


• Jenkins CI/CD


• Jenkins/Groovy pipeline experience


• Python and Bash/Shell scripting


• Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting


• Git and branching strategies


• DevSecOps and security scanning tools such as SonarQube, Checkmarx or container-scanning solutions


• Enterprise networking and firewall knowledge

Desirable

• GCP certification


• CKA or CKAD


• CloudSQL and Memorystore


• Datadog, Grafana or AppDynamics


• Nexus/GCR


• SRE experience


• Hybrid-cloud environments


• Enterprise-scale DevOps experience

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior GCP/DevOps professional with strong hands-on cloud platform engineering experience to work on a large-scale enterprise programme.