GCP Architect

Job Title: GCP Architect

Job Type: Contract · Inside IR35

Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh — Hybrid (2 days a week)

Duration: 12 months

The Role

We're looking to recruit an Infrastructure engineering lead within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team, The key attributes to the role are Leadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engineers Manage multi partner, permanent colleagues Somebody experienced in Product Ownership, set the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP DCX (Data Centre Extension) – IaaS Platform

Technical Competencies

Strong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automation GCP DCX - Consist of GCP VMs, IaaC Google Cloud Background Senior Technology Person (50% Tech Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineering)

The scope of service includes

Design, Build, and Operate: Deliver and maintain secure, automated Google compute capabilities, supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows virtual machine and broader compute and networking products and configurations. Platform Enablement: Enable product teams to deliver Google IaaS solutions at pace, leveraging reusable patterns and robust integration tools. Infrastructure Automation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and managing Google resources, ensuring repeatability and compliance. Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices and controls throughout the platform lifecycle, safeguarding organisational and customer data. Performance & Reliability: Define, monitor, and operate against service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs), ensuring high availability, performance, and fault tolerance. Continuous Improvement: Drive automation, observability, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability. Collaboration: Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products, contributing to documentation and enablement. Team Leadership, Mentoring & Standards: Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers and uphold engineering standards, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Your responsibilities

Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineering: Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities, with a focus on Google compute products and services. Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform (minimum), Jenkins, and modern CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Harness, Jenkins). Networking & Security: Experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and embedding secure-by-design controls from design to runtime. Automation & Observability: Implementing actionable observability, performance tuning, and automation to reduce toil. Defining and operating against SLOs/SLIs. Scripting & Tooling: Scripting in Bash, PowerShell, or Python. Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable. Team Leadership, Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to lead and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers, ensuring cross-team collaboration and mentoring. Certifications: Relevant GCP certifications are desirable.

Key Attributes for the role

Leadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engineers Manage WIPRO, LTC and Perm colleagues Set the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP DCX Relationship Management, Influential, strong interpersonal skills Technical Competencies Strong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automation GCP DCX - Consist of GCP VMs, IaaC Google Cloud Background Hands on Engineering Person (50% Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineering)