GCP Devops Lead
7 days ago
Bristol
Inscope Technology: Google Cloud Platform infrastructure: • Compute Engine, • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) virtual machines, • Windows virtual machines, • Local SSD, • Persistent Disk, • Cloud Networking, • Cloud Logging, • Cloud Monitoring, • Cloud Storage, • Cloud Key Management, • Cloud Secret Manager, • Dynatrace, • GitHub Enterprise, • HashiCorp products, including Terraform and Packer, • Jenkins, • Backstage, • 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., • As an infrastructure engineering lead within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team, 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 life cycle, 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.