Senior Platform Engineer (Remote)
I'm looking to connect with experienced DevOps / Platform Engineers to help design, secure, and operate a modern cloud platform in a highly regulated environment.
This role sits within a team building and running a SaaS platform for the US market, where data security, privacy, and compliance are critical. You'll play a key role in shaping a secure, scalable GCP-based infrastructure while supporting AI-driven workloads and robust CI/CD practices.
What You'll Do
Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
- Design and manage secure GCP infrastructure using Terraform
- Operate and harden GKE clusters, and support production workloads
- Deploy and maintain cloud-based AI functions (Python) integrated with Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and downstream systems
CI/CD & Release Engineering
- Build and optimise GitLab CI/CD pipelines with integrated security controls
- Implement reliable release processes, including environment promotion and controlled deployments
- Promote best practices for secure, repeatable software delivery across engineering teams
Security & Compliance
- Manage vulnerability scanning across infrastructure and application layers
- Implement encryption strategies (in transit and at rest) and manage key lifecycles
- Own identity and access management across cloud and application environments, ensuring full auditability
Observability & Reliability
- Build and maintain monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Google Cloud Monitoring
- Define SLIs/SLOs and contribute to reliability engineering practices
- Lead incident response processes, runbooks, post-mortems, and disaster recovery planning
Desired Experience
- Experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles on GCP
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Solid scripting skills (Python)
Security & Compliance
- Experience working in regulated or high-security environments
- Strong understanding of IAM, audit logging, and secure infrastructure practices
Tooling & Observability
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar stacks
- Familiarity with Google Cloud's monitoring and logging ecosystem
Ways of Working
- Comfortable in Agile environments, collaborating closely with engineering teams
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical and security concepts clearly
Why This Role?
- Fully remote position
- Can be contract or perm
- Opportunity to work on a high-impact, regulated platform with real-world outcomes
- Strong scope for growth into leadership roles (e.g. Platform Lead)
- Work with a collaborative, mission-driven engineering team
GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
GCP DevOps Engineer - Remote
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