Senior Platform & DevOps Engineer (GCP/Kubernetes)

Selby Jennings; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a Senior Platform & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimise cloud infrastructure across GCP and Kubernetes, driving automation and platform reliability. You will shape engineering standards, own key platform decisions, and collaborate with developers to elevate delivery and performance.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and the ability to guide orchestration across the full infrastructure lifecycle within a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Ability to design, build and operate scalable infrastructure and automation pipelines.
• Strong collaboration with software engineers and stakeholders to shape platform strategy and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across GCP and Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across cloud, networking, Kubernetes, and application layers.
• Enhance platform observability, security, resilience, and operational maturity through monitoring and incident management.
• Partner with software engineers and stakeholders to shape platform strategy and introduce new technologies.

Skills

GCP cloud experience

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

Linux & containers

Networking & DNS

IAM & security

Incident response

Stakeholder communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking a Senior Platform & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimise cloud infrastructure across GCP and Kubernetes, driving automation and platform reliability. You will shape engineering standards, own key platform decisions, and collaborate with developers to elevate delivery and performance.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and the ability to guide orchestration across the full infrastructure lifecycle within a high-growth environment.