DevOps Engineer - GCP Focused

Republic of Ireland Contract DevOps

Reference: 230726DG_1784796603

DevOps Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join a growing engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to help design, build and support cloud infrastructure, improve automation and enable development teams to deliver secure, scalable and highly available applications.

Working closely with software engineers, platform teams and stakeholders, you'll play a key role in driving cloud adoption, improving operational efficiency and implementing modern DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.

  • Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or similar tooling.

  • Build, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support software delivery.

  • Manage and support Kubernetes environments, including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

  • Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions to improve platform reliability.

  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments and operational processes.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to improve scalability, resilience and security.

  • Support incident management, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

  • Contribute to cloud governance, best practices and platform improvements.

  • Produce and maintain technical documentation where required.

Skills & Experience

We're interested in candidates with experience across several of the following technologies:

Google Cloud Platform

  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

  • Cloud Build

  • Cloud Run

  • Compute Engine

  • Cloud Storage

  • Cloud SQL

  • BigQuery

  • Pub/Sub

  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)

  • VPC networking and cloud security fundamentals

DevOps & Automation

  • Terraform

  • CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build or Jenkins)

  • Docker

  • Kubernetes

  • Helm

  • Git

  • Linux administration

  • Bash, Python or Go scripting

Monitoring & Observability

  • Prometheus

  • Grafana

  • Google Cloud Monitoring

  • Google Cloud Logging

  • Datadog (desirable)

What We're Looking For

  • Commercial experience working in a DevOps, Platform Engineering or Cloud Engineering role.

  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and automation principles.

  • Experience supporting production environments within GCP.

  • Knowledge of containerisation and Kubernetes best practices.

  • Familiarity with networking, security and identity management within cloud environments.

  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical teams.

  • Experience working within Agile environments is advantageous.

Desirable Experience

  • Security best practices within cloud platforms.

  • Cost optimisation and cloud governance.

  • SRE principles and operational excellence.

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to work on modern cloud-native platforms.

  • Exposure to enterprise-scale GCP environments.

  • Collaborative engineering culture with a strong focus on automation.

  • Flexible hybrid or remote working options (depending on project requirements).

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

COMPETITIVE SALARY

Republic of Ireland Contract DevOps

Added 23/07/2026
Reference: 230726DG_1784796603

DevOps Engineer - GCP Focused

Republic of Ireland Contract DevOps

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