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Senior DevOps Engineer
£95,000 - 95,000
Charles Simon Associates Ltd
All Saints Street, Manchester
£95,000 - 95,000
Requirements
Must:
- 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 (nice to have)
- Experience influencing architecture and DevOps strategy (nice to have)
- Exposure to internal developer platforms (e.g. Backstage) (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- 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
Description
We are a forward-thinking team located in Manchester, offering a modern GCP-native environment that promotes high levels of engineering autonomy and ownership. This high-impact role is within a cross-functional platform engineering team focused on delivering enterprise-scale GCP infrastructure. We prioritize a culture of DevOps, automation, and engineering excellence, and support our engineers with strong career progression opportunities backed by a major UK organisation.
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