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Charles Simon Associates Ltd
Charles Simon Associates Ltd
Manchester, North West
£95,000
Permanent
NEW
Senior GCP Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)
Location: Manchester (2 days onsite)
Salary: Up to £95,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Ready to build cloud infrastructure properly, automated, scalable, secure, and engineered (not manually stitched together)
This is a high-impact role for a Senior GCP Engineer / Platform Engineer who wants ownership, modern tooling, and a team that actually practices DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
The Opportunity:
• Join a cross-functional platform engineering team delivering enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure. • Youll design reusable cloud products, build automation, and define standards used by multiple engineering teams across a large-scale GCP estate. • This is hands-on engineering, not support, with real influence over architecture, tooling, and DevOps practices.
What Youll Be Doing:
• Build and manage GCP infrastructure using Terraform & Terraform Cloud • Design and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules • Improve Terraform state management, structure, and scalability • Develop automation and tooling using Python • Engineer secure GCP landing zones (org policies, guardrails, policy as code OPA/Sentinel, zero trust) • Work with Kubernetes (GKE), containers, and service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio) • Manage cluster operations, networking, and service-to-service communication • Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Jenkins, Harness) • Drive DevOps best practices and cloud adoption across teams
What Youll Bring:
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Solid background in DevOps / Platform Engineering • Advanced Terraform skills (modules, workspaces, state management) • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Strong Python scripting for automation • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes / GKE, containerisation, and service mesh architectures • Experience with cloud security, governance, and policy as code • Relevant GCP or Terraform certifications (desirable)
• SME-level GCP expertise or consulting background • Experience influencing architecture and DevOps strategy • Exposure to internal developer platforms (e.g. Backstage) Why Join? • Modern GCP-native environment (not legacy-heavy) • High level of engineering autonomy and ownership • Opportunity to shape cloud platforms at scale • Backed by a major UK organisation with strong career progression • Culture focused on DevOps, automation, and engineering excellence Stats for this job Salary comparison: This job National average IT Jobs average North West England average Salaries The number of jobs in each salary range for all: Receive
Employment Type
Permanent
Category
Devops Engineer
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary Range
£95,000 – £95,000 / year
Posted
Today
Company
Charles Simon Associates Ltd
ReviewsLocation
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
£95,000 – £95,000 / year
Type
Permanent
Country
United Kingdom
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