DevOps Engineer

GCP Platform EngineerLocation: Hybrid /Manchester Salary: Up to £80,000 + BenefitsType: PermanentThe CompanyWe're partnering with an innovative platform business that is investing heavily in its cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities. They are looking for an experienced GCP Platform Engineer to help build, automate and scale a modern cloud platform used across multiple products and teams.This is an opportunity to join a collaborative engineering environment where infrastructure is treated as code, automation is a priority, and engineers are empowered to drive technical decisions.The RoleAs a GCP Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining the company's cloud platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You'll work closely with software engineers and DevOps teams to create scalable, secure and highly available infrastructure.Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and implementing cloud infrastructure on GCP
• Building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines
• Managing Kubernetes and containerised workloads
• Implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions
• Driving platform reliability, security and best practices
• Collaborating with engineering teams to improve developer experience

Skills & ExperienceEssential:

• Strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of Kubernetes / GKE and container technologies
• Experience with Linux and scripting (Bash, Python or Go)
• Understanding of networking, IAM and cloud security principles
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling

Desirable:

• Experience with GitOps practices
• Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana or similar tools
• Experience in a platform engineering or SRE environment
• Certifications in GCP are advantageous

What's On Offer

• Salary up to £80,000
• Flexible hybrid
• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension scheme
• Training and certification budget
• Opportunity to shape a growing cloud platform and influence technical direction

If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation and platform engineering, and want to work with modern GCP technologies at scale, we'd love to hear from you.Eligo Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Eligo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering diversity and creating an inclusive and equitable environment for employees and applicants. We actively celebrate and embrace differences, including but not limited to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, and disability. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences and all will be considered for employment without discrimination. At Eligo Recruitment diversity, equity and inclusion is integral to achieving our mission to ensure every workplace reflects the richness of human diversity.