GCP Cloud Engineer

Our Cloud Engineering team is seeking a seasoned and passionate Senior Cloud Engineer with deep hands-on development experience. As a Cloud Engineer you’ll be an active and leading member of a cloud-focused team of engineers – working on one of the Group’s flagship projects to deliver a strategic platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that will enable the business to realise the next generation of services that form the Bank’s vision.

Extensive experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role, ideally across both consumer and SaaS technology landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Proven expertise in deploying and maintaining production-grade Kubernetes clusters and services.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and Containers in live environments.
• Strong background in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Proficient in programming with Python, Go, and Bash for automation and tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects and drive them to successful delivery.
• Skilled in writing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform.
• Experience in curating and managing the full product lifecycle of cloud-native core services.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to architect, implement, and maintain a highly resilient and scalable Kubernetes environment in the cloud.
• Engineer and optimise Kubernetes infrastructure to support multitenant workloads, ensuring strong isolation, resource efficiency, and operational scalability.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable automated testing, seamless deployment, and continuous integration across environments.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues related to scalability, performance, and automation, ensuring optimal infrastructure health.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services across Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficient in writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, with a strong understanding of modular and reusable code practices.
• Experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio and Anthos for managing microservices communication and observability.
• Deep understanding of networking concepts in Cloud like Hybrid Connectivity, VPN, NAT, IPAM, DNS and routing.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Cloud Security, Key Management Service (KMS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Encryption, and the principles of least privilege.
• Deep understanding of Linux operating systems, including system internals, networking, and performance tuning.
• Exposure to high-throughput environments with experience implementing observability stacks. Prometheus / Dynatrace for logging and metrics, and OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing.
• Strong security mindset with a track record of designing and implementing secure, resilient systems.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments—able to adapt quickly, embrace ambiguity, and remain effective through change.
• Understanding of shared services such as CoreDNS, cert-manager, Dynatrace, Cloudability, and Infoblox.
• Familiarity with Aqua Security for container runtime protection.
• Knowledge of OPA Gatekeeper for policy enforcement and tenant isolation.
• Experience with Harness CI/CD pipelines for secure and scalable deployments.
• Exposure to Backstage GitOps workflows for automation.
• Hands-on experience with Anthos Config Management for GitOps-driven provisioning.
• Understanding of Istio telemetry and observability integration.
• Proficiency in enforcing mTLS and managing sidecar injection in Istio service mesh.

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