Senior DevOps Engineer - GCP

VANRATH; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

VANRATH is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong, hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience to join a major cloud transformation programme in Stockport. The role focuses on migrating on-premise infrastructure to GCP and building scalable cloud platforms with automation and IaC.

The project is a 12-month contract, hybrid with initial on-site days in Stockport and a transition to predominantly remote work as solutions stabilise.

Qualifications

• Strong, hands-on GCP experience is essential
• Experience with GCP migrations or transformation programmes preferred
• Proficient in Terraform / IaC, Kubernetes (GKE), Linux and scripting
• Experience with cloud security and networking is desirable
• Automation and CI/CD experience required

Responsibilities

• Design, build and automate new GCP infrastructure
• Migrate on-prem infrastructure to GCP as part of a cloud transformation
• Work within a cloud engineering team, handover to TechOps when established
• Contribute to Terraform modules and IaC pipelines
• Support cloud migration projects and ensure security and reliability

Skills

GCP

Kubernetes / GKE

Terraform / IaC

Bash / Python

CI/CD

Automation

Cloud networking

Security

Ansible

Linux

AWS/Azure experience not required

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong, hands‑on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience to join a major cloud transformation programme.

This is a 12-month contract, with extensions considered likely, focused on migrating infrastructure from on-premise environments into GCP and building the cloud platforms, automation and infrastructure needed to support the transformation.

The role will initially require approximately 2–3 days per week onsite in Stockport, moving to predominantly remote working once established.

The role

You’ll join a cloud engineering team responsible for designing, building and automating new GCP infrastructure.

This is primarily a project and engineering role rather than BAU support, with operational responsibility handed over to TechOps once solutions are established.

You’ll be working across:

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud networking and security
• Bash / Python
• Ansible
• CI/CD

What we’re looking for:

Strong, recent hands‑on GCP experience is essential for this role.

We’re particularly interested in engineers who have worked directly on GCP infrastructure, cloud migrations or major GCP transformation programmes, rather than candidates whose cloud experience is primarily AWS or Azure.

You’ll also need strong experience with:

• Kubernetes, ideally GKE
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud infrastructure and networking
• Automation and scripting

Experience with Ansible, AWS, CI/CD and cloud security would be useful but isn't essential.

If you’re a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong GCP, Kubernetes/GKE, Terraform and Linux experience and want a long-term contract focused on cloud migration and engineering, we’d like to hear from you.

Up to £500/day | Inside IR35 | 12 months | Stockport / Hybrid