Senior GCP DevOps Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build and maintain real-time data pipelines
• ▹Ensure the reliability, security and cost-efficiency of cloud infrastructure
• ▹Collaborate with agile teams to deliver efficient solutions
• ▹Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build
• ▹Automate infrastructure deployment using Terraform
• ▹Maintain observability through metrics, logging and tracing tools
• ▹Resolve complex infrastructure issues proactively and efficiently
• ▹Create detailed documentation, including runbooks and architecture diagrams
• ▹Mentor team members through code reviews and pair programming

Requirements

• ▹Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)
• ▹Strong networking knowledge (VPC, VPN, Peering, NAT)
• ▹Strong load-balancing expertise (HTTP(S), TCP/SSL)
• ▹Deep proficiency in Google Cloud Platform and its core services (GCE, GCS, Cloud Functions, App Engine, Cloud Run)
• ▹Advanced Terraform skills (module design, workspaces, state backends)
• ▹Extensive container and Kubernetes experience (Docker best practices, GKE, Helm)
• ▹Solid CI/CD expertise with Google Cloud Build (pipelines, triggers)
• ▹Proficient in IAM, organisation policies and resource management
• ▹SQL skills for both transactional databases and BigQuery
• ▹Familiarity with data streaming and real-time processing (Pub/Sub, Apache Beam/Dataflow, Kafka)
• ▹Advanced scripting and programming (bash/zsh, Python with GCP SDK, Go)
• ▹Hands-on with observability tools (metrics, logs, traces)
• ▹Understanding of cloud security and compliance best practices
• ▹Strong communication and documentation abilities
• ▹Mentoring experience and aptitude for code reviews and pair programming
• ▹Experience working in Agile environments, particularly Scrum
• ▹Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to have

• ▹Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
• ▹Familiarity with Kyverno, Falco and Teleport
• ▹Security-scanning and compliance automation (Trivy, Snyk)
• ▹Knowledge of serverless orchestration (Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹A collegial environment where responsibility and authority are shared equally
• ▹A culture that learns from mistakes instead of criticising failure
• ▹An Agile environment where ideas are welcome
• ▹The possibility to grow and work on different projects
• ▹Ongoing training and mentoring
• ▹The possibility to travel (UK)