Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (GCP | Kubernetes | DevSecOps)

GCS Recruitment; Bolsterstone; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer in the UK to design and operate a cloud-native platform for IDAM 2.0. You will build and maintain Kubernetes clusters and IaC, implement CI/CD pipelines, and manage security, networking and observability across environments.

You will collaborate with IAM, security and architecture teams to deliver scalable platform services and drive automation and best practices across the stack.

Qualifications

• Essential Skills include cloud platform engineering (GCP), Kubernetes administration, and Terraform or equivalent.
• Strong CI/CD pipelines and GitOps experience are required.
• Linux administration, networking and service mesh knowledge are expected.
• Observability, scripting and automation capabilities are important for success.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud-native platform services for IDAM 2.0.
• Design, deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components.
• Develop IaC for repeatable, automated deployments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment workflows.
• Manage cloud networking, connectivity and platform security.
• Implement platform observability including logging, monitoring, metrics and distributed tracing.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration management and operational tasks.
• Support deployment and operation of identity platform components and supporting services.
• Configure service mesh technologies and secure service-to-service communication.
• Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security, governance and regulatory requirements.

Skills

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitOps

Linux

Networking

Service Mesh

Containers

Secrets Mgmt

PKI Mgmt

Observability

Scripting

DevSecOps

SRE

Performance

Automation

Global Deployment

Problem Solving

Job description

The position works closely with IAM architects, business stakeholders and technology partners.

In this role, you will:

• Build and maintain cloud-native platform services supporting the IDAM 2.0 programme.
• Design, deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for repeatable, automated deployments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment workflows.
• Manage cloud networking, connectivity and platform security.
• Implement platform observability including logging, monitoring, metrics and distributed tracing.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration management and operational tasks.
• Support deployment and operation of identity platform components and supporting services.
• Implement secure secrets management and certificate lifecycle automation.
• Configure service mesh technologies and secure service-to-service communication.
• Manage ingress, API gateways and network routing components.
• Implement platform resilience, backup, disaster recovery and high availability capabilities.
• Support workload identity and platform authentication mechanisms.
• Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security, governance and regulatory requirements.
• Optimise platform performance, scalability and cost efficiency.
• Develop operational tooling, scripts and self-service capabilities.
• Support incident management, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Security, Architecture and Engineering teams to deliver secure platform services.
• Contribute to platform standards, operational documentation and runbooks.
• Support environment management across development, test, pilot and production environments.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and platform engineering best practices.
  

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

Key Skills & Experience

Essential Skills

• Cloud Platform Engineering (GCP)
• Kubernetes Administration
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• GitOps
• Linux Administration
• Networking and Load Balancing
• Service Mesh Technologies (Istio/Envoy)
• Container Platforms
• Secrets Management
• PKI and Certificate Management
• Workload Identity
• Observability (Logging, Monitoring and Tracing)
• Scripting and Automation
• DevSecOps
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Performance and Capacity Management
• Operational Support
• Global Deployment Strategies
• Positive can-do attitude adept at solutionising in large, complex organisations