Birmingham
Platform/DevOps Engineer Role - GCP.. We’re looking for a hands-on Platform / DevOps Engineer with deep experience running production workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). This role is for someone who enjoys building, automating, and operating cloud-native platforms - not just designing them. You’ll own Kubernetes infrastructure end to end: provisioning, CI/CD, deployments, service mesh, and day-to-day operations in a modern GCP environment. Responsibilities: Design, build, and operate GKE clusters in production environments Automate cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes-based deployments Implement and manage Istio service mesh for traffic management, security, and observability Support containerized microservices at scale Required Skills & Experience (Must-Have) • Strong hands-on experience with GKE in production, • Solid Kubernetes fundamentals (networking, RBAC, scaling, troubleshooting), • Experience working in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, • CI/CD experience with Harness, • Strong GitHub workflow experience (PRs, branching, automation), • Experience with Istio Service Mesh (traffic routing, mTLS, canary/blue-green deployments), • Deep understanding of containers and cloud-native architectures £500 per day - 6 Month Contract Office Locations: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh