Security-First DevSecOps Engineer - Fintech on GCP (Hybrid)

Space Executive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Space Executive in London is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to embed security into the SDLC for a regulated fintech on a GCP/Kubernetes platform. This hybrid role offers a target salary up to £90k and a chance to shape security posture from the ground up.

You will own the security toolchain, automate compliance, harden infrastructure, and enable secure delivery across engineering teams. Ideal candidates have hands-on GCP security, GKE expertise, and Terraform/OpenTofu experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience securing high-availability GCP environments.
• Strong API security skills, including reviewing APIs, defining patterns, and coaching other engineers.
• Expert GKE knowledge, including network policies, container runtime security, and secrets management.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or OpenTofu).
• Experience with Aqua Security, Falco, Prisma Cloud, or comparable CSPM/CWPP/CNAPP tooling.
• Confident scripting in Python, Go, or Shell.
• Proven experience building secure CI/CD pipelines with enforced checks (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).

Responsibilities

• Owning the security toolchain: choosing, integrating, and maintaining tools across environments and CI/CD
• Designing automated guardrails and policy enforcement across the cloud estate
• Hardening GCP, covering IAM, network security, and resource configuration
• Converting compliance requirements into automated, auditable controls
• Managing vulnerability and patching end to end
• Creating "golden path" templates that let feature teams move quickly and securely
• Contributing to incident response when issues arise

Skills

GCP security

GKE security

API security

Terraform

OpenTofu

Python scripting

Go scripting

GitHub Actions

Tools

Aqua Security

Falco

Prisma Cloud

Kubernetes

Job description

Space Executive in London is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to embed security into the SDLC for a regulated fintech on a GCP/Kubernetes platform. This hybrid role offers a target salary up to £90k and a chance to shape security posture from the ground up.

You will own the security toolchain, automate compliance, harden infrastructure, and enable secure delivery across engineering teams. Ideal candidates have hands-on GCP security, GKE expertise, and Terraform/OpenTofu experience.