GCP DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer | Cloud & Platform Engineering

Manchester | Hybrid | 2 Days a week

£500 Per Day Inside IR35

Immediately Available

We’re supporting a major UK banking client looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and evolve secure, resilient cloud platforms.

This hands-on role spans Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, delivery pipelines and developer self-service, helping engineering teams release software safely and consistently.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms across GKE and OpenShift.

• Create reusable Terraform modules and automate cloud infrastructure.

• Develop CI/CD pipelines using Harness and Jenkins.

• Improve developer experience through Backstage, self-service capabilities and reusable platform patterns.

• Implement Dynatrace observability, SLI/SLO measures and automated operational runbooks.

• Strengthen platform security and connectivity through Vault, certificate management and Istio.

What we’re looking for:

✅ Strong hands-on Kubernetes engineering, including required OpenShift experience.

✅ Terraform and infrastructure automation expertise.

✅ Experience with Harness, Jenkins, Backstage and Dynatrace.

✅ HashiCorp Vault, Istio, IAM and secure platform configuration experience.

✅ Strong troubleshooting, scripting and production support skills.

GCP/GKE experience is preferred. Experience within a large regulated enterprise would be advantageous.

Interested? Send me a message with your CV for more information.

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