Senior GCP DevSecOps Engineer

TESTQ Technologies LTD.; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

TESTQ Technologies LTD. is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer with hands-on GCP expertise to build, secure and operate platform foundations. You will work onsite with clients on contract, delivering robust GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Build and Cloud Run services while embedding security into pipelines.

You will implement guardrails, manage IAM and networking, and contribute to CI/CD, monitoring and compliance efforts as part of an SRE-driven team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and operating services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Build and Cloud Run.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Security and GCP security best practices.
• Expertise in IAM, network security, workload security and cloud monitoring.
• Solid understanding of DevOps and SRE principles.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Config Connector.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools such as FluxCD.
• Experience with Helm and container-based deployment platforms.
• Strong programming and scripting skills using Python, Go or Bash.
• Experience with security compliance, audit controls, monitoring and configuration management.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, containers, Kubernetes and CI/CD platforms.
• Experience implementing security guardrails and preventive controls at scale.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of risk management and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience with Kubernetes security and container security is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and manage GCP foundation platform components using GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Build and Cloud Run.
• Implement preventive security controls and guardrails to improve cloud security posture.
• Integrate and manage cloud services including IAM, networking, logging, monitoring and container platforms.
• Build and maintain CI/CD and automated testing capabilities.
• Embed security controls into software delivery pipelines and platform engineering processes.
• Ensure compliance with Cloud Security Standards and governance requirements.
• Support audit readiness, control mapping, documentation and compliance reporting.
• Operate within change management processes and deployment standards.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks and support procedures.
• Collaborate with platform security and application teams as a trusted technical advisor.

Skills

GCP

Cloud Security

DevSecOps

Terraform

GKE

CI/CD

IAM

SRE

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

FluxCD

Helm

Config Connector

Job description

Job Type: Contract

Work Mode: Onsite (Client)

• Build deploy and manage GCP foundation platform components using GKE BigQuery Cloud Build Cloud Run and cloudnative services
• Implement preventive security controls and security guardrails to improve cloud security posture
• Integrate and manage cloud services including IAM networking logging monitoring operating systems and container platforms
• Build and maintain CICD and continuous testing capabilities
• Embed security controls into software delivery pipelines and platform engineering processes
• Ensure compliance with Cloud Security Standards and governance requirements
• Support audit readiness control mapping documentation and compliance reporting
• Operate within controlled change management processes and deployment standards
• Create and maintain operational documentation runbooks and support procedures
• Support platform reliability resilience observability and operational excellence initiatives
• Collaborate with platform security and application teams as a trusted technical advisor

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Handson experience building and operating services on Google Cloud Platform GCP
• Experience with GKE BigQuery Cloud Build and Cloud Run
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Security and GCP security best practices
• Expertise in IAM network security workload security and cloud monitoring
• Strong understanding of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering SRE principles
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform andor Config Connector
• Experience building and operating CICD pipelines
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools such as FluxCD
• Experience with Helm and containerbased deployment platforms
• Strong programming and scripting skills using Python Go or Bash
• Experience with security compliance audit controls monitoring and configuration management
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure containers Kubernetes and CICD platforms
• Experience implementing security guardrails and preventive controls at scale
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Understanding of risk management and regulatory compliance requirements
• Experience with Kubernetes security and container security is desirable

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Cloud Security, DevSecOps, Terraform, GKE, CI/CD, IAM, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code