Senior Cloud Engineer

Vallum Associates Limited; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy is seeking a Senior GCP Cloud Infra Engineer to join their Public Cloud Platform team. This is a 6-month contract role based in the United Kingdom with some remote flexibility. The successful candidate will have strong skills in GCP engineering and DevOps practices, including Terraform and Python. Responsibilities include driving innovation in cloud adoption, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring cloud governance through security policies. A collaborative and progressive work environment is offered.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and proven experience in Terraform / Terraform Cloud.
• Proficient in Google Kubernetes (GKE), Containers, and Cluster Management.
• Experience in an IDE Platform for Cloud Engineering (e.g., Backstage) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on GCP Cloud Engineering with a strong DevOps and CI/CD background.
• Build automated workflows around products using Python scripting.
• Implement automation pipelines for infrastructure-as-code deployments.

Skills

GCP Cloud Engineering

GCP DevOps

Terraform / Terraform Cloud

Python scripting

Google Kubernetes (GKE)

Istio Service Mesh

CI/CD Integration

GCP Organisation Policy

Education

GCP and Terraform Certified

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior GCP Cloud Infra Engineer

Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh - 2Days/week Onsite

Duration: 6 months+ Contract Inside IR35

Rate: 550 GBP/Day

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Senior GCP Infra DevOps Engineer to be part of our Public Cloud Platform and help achieve our mission to provide compliant and efficient Google Cloud Infra, product and DevOps capabilities for the Group. You will drive innovation to enable customers to adopt Google Cloud rapidly and at scale. Your role will be part of a cross-disciplinary feature team and a highly experienced member of our wider Lloyds engineering team delivering change.

Your role as a GCP Cloud Infra & DevOps specialist involves supporting teams with modern DevOps solutions, curating scalable GCP Cloud Products as IaC. You will learn new skills, technologies and approaches to software development and benefit from a culture that celebrates diversity and equal opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on GCP Cloud Engineering with a strong GCP DevOps and CI/CD background
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and proven experience in Terraform / Terraform Cloud
• Strong hands-on experience curating GCP Cloud Products and Infrastructure
• Build automated workflows around the products using Python scripting
• Proficient in Google Kubernetes (GKE), Containers, Istio Service Mesh, and Cluster Management
• Audit and restructure existing Terraform modules and state files
• Migrate legacy configurations into unified, reusable templates
• Implement security-focused Terraform modules with embedded guardrails and policy-as-code (e.g., Sentinel, OPA)
• Enforce GCP Org Policies with constraints like IP restrictions, network policy, Access Management, encryption, and region control for secure, compliant cloud governance
• CI/CD Integration
• Implement automation pipelines for infrastructure-as-code deployments

Your Profile

• Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
• GCP Cloud Engineering, GCP DevOps & Infra
• Terraform / Terraform Cloud (IaaC)
• Python scripting
• Harness, Jenkins, GitHub
• Google Kubernetes (GKE), Containers, Istio Service Mesh
• GCP Organisation Policy, Custom Org Policy (Policy as a Code) Sentinel/OPA
• GCP and Terraform Certified
• Experience in an IDE Platform for Cloud Engineering (e.g., Backstage) is a plus

• Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
• Senior Engineering skills as GCP Cloud SMEs with Technical Consulting experience in guiding Design, Architecture and Strategy
• Thought leadership in driving innovation and best practices
• Good communicator, collaborator and leader with experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders

Job Overview

• ID: 1903227
• Date Posted: Posted 2 days ago
• Expiration Date: 08/03/2026
• Location: Newport

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