Senior GCP Cloud Engineer & Kubernetes Platform Lead

Focus Cloud; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus Cloud is seeking a Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to design, build and run resilient, scalable cloud-native services on Google Cloud. You will lead architecture across teams, develop Kubernetes-based automation, and set engineering standards for public cloud use in a financial services context.

This hands-on senior role involves writing production code, maturing CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and aligning with security/compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, building and operating custom Kubernetes operators and CRDs with Kubebuilder, Operator SDK or similar.
• Proven experience building cloud-native control planes and automation frameworks: reconciliation loops, admission controllers, webhooks and custom controllers.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, API machinery, RBAC, multi-tenancy, observability and production operations.
• Advanced proficiency in at least one modern language, ideally Go or Python, including performance optimisation and concurrency patterns.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation and deployment strategies.
• Advanced understanding of the SDLC and agile practices (CI/CD, application resiliency, security, capacity planning), with the ability to improve them across teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in a technical discipline such as cloud architecture, distributed systems, security, DevOps/platform engineering or AI/ML

Responsibilities

• Build and operate on GCP and Lead architecture.
• Write secure, high-quality production code, and review, debug and improve code written by others.
• Design and build Kubernetes operators, controllers and CRDs that automate platform, infrastructure, security and application lifecycle workflows.
• Lead architectural design for cloud-native systems and services.
• Produce design artefacts (RFCs, ADRs, architecture diagrams) that are reviewed and adopted across multiple teams.
• Lead vendor and technology assessments, running deep-dive sessions with vendors, startups and internal teams to judge designs, credentials and fit with the firm's technology strategy.

Skills

Kubernetes operators

Kubebuilder/Operator SDK

Cloud-native automation

Go or Python

CI/CD pipelines

SDLC & Agile

Cloud architecture/DevOps

Tools

Kubebuilder

Operator SDK

Job description

Focus Cloud is seeking a Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to design, build and run resilient, scalable cloud-native services on Google Cloud. You will lead architecture across teams, develop Kubernetes-based automation, and set engineering standards for public cloud use in a financial services context.

This hands-on senior role involves writing production code, maturing CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and aligning with security/compliance requirements.