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Contract GCP DevOps Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment
Posted 8 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Reading, Berkshire RG30 3HG

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A Contract GCP DevOps Engineer is needed for a 3-month remote position, deemed outside IR35.
  • The role requires extensive experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and a strong background in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
  • Key responsibilities include auditing the current GCP infrastructure, optimizing performance, and ensuring security and scalability.
  • Candidates should possess deep knowledge of GCP services, Google Kubernetes Engine, and CI/CD pipelines, along with excellent communication skills.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, and applicants should have proven experience in high-traffic platforms.

Contract GCP DevOps Engineer

Duration: 3 months

IR35: Outside IR35

Location: Remote Working

Contract DevOps Engineer with extensive experience and background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is required to join our client for an initial 3-month contract. The role will be fully remote working and is deemed outside IR35.

We're working with an established fast-growing, global organisation who are scaling quickly and need an experienced GCP DevOps Engineer to step in and analyse, audit, and optimise their Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. They're running Kubernetes (GKE) workloads and want to ensure their platform is efficient, secure and scalable.

This is a hands-on role for a cloud engineer who thrives in performance of high traffic platforms identifying gaps, making recommendations, and getting stuck into the tech.

Key Experience

  • Proven experience as a Contract DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer in a GCP environment
  • Extensive knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) products, services, and methodology
  • Conduct a comprehensive audit of the current GCP infrastructure
  • Experience working across high traffic and availability platforms
  • Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and risks in the current cloud setup
  • Contribute technical roadmap for infrastructure improvement and cloud best practices
  • Document the infrastructure and changes for internal knowledge sharing
  • Provide guidance on cost optimisation, performance tuning, and security hardening

Essential Skills

  • GCP - deep knowledge of core services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Logging/Monitoring (Cloud Operations)
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Cloudflare
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Networking concepts, technologies, and protocols
  • Stakeholder management
  • Excellent communication skills

If you are suitable and interested in this opportunity, then please apply or send your CV directly to

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.