Job Description
GCP DCX Engineering Lead - 12 months - Bristol/Leeds/Halifax/Manchester/Edinburgh - £525/day
We are seeking an experienced GCP Infrastructure Engineering Lead to join a global technology services organisation on a 12-month hybrid contract, with flexibility to be based across Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, or Edinburgh (2 days per week on-site). The successful candidate will lead a team of 30+ engineers within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team for a major financial services client, combining technical leadership with hands-on cloud engineering across a large-scale IaaS platform.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead, guide, and mentor a team of 30+ infrastructure engineers across multi-partner and permanent colleague structures, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance
* Set the technical strategy, roadmap, and engineering priorities for the GCP DCX (Data Centre Extension) IaaS platform, including quarterly business planning
* Design, build, and operate secure, automated Google compute capabilities supporting RHEL and Windows virtual machines, compute, and networking products
* Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform for provisioning and managing Google Cloud resources, ensuring repeatability and compliance
* Enable product teams to deliver Google IaaS solutions at pace, leveraging reusable patterns and robust integration tooling
* Embed security best practices and controls throughout the platform life cycle, including GCP Cloud Armor and secure-by-design principles from design to runtime
* Define, monitor, and operate against service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs), ensuring high availability, performance, and fault tolerance
* Drive automation, observability, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability
* Collaborate closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap, contributing to documentation and enablement
What You Will Ideally Bring:
* Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated GCP infrastructure, with strong knowledge of Compute Engine, Cloud Networking, Cloud Storage, Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Key Management, and Cloud Secret Manager
* Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Packer, alongside CI/CD tooling including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Harness
* Experience with RHEL and Windows virtual machine environments on GCP, including Local SSD and Persistent Disk
* Hands-on experience with Dynatrace, GitHub Enterprise, HashiCorp Vault, Backstage, and Jira Cloud/Jira Align
* Scripting capability in Bash, PowerShell, or Python
* Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate large engineering teams, with strong stakeholder management and cross-team collaboration skills
* Experience in product ownership and technical consulting, contributing to design, architecture, and engineering strategy
* GCP certifications desirable
Contract Details:
* Duration: 12 months
* Rate: £525/day
* Location: Bristol/Leeds/Halifax/Manchester/Edinburgh (Hybrid - 2 days on-site)
* Start Date: ASAP