Job Description
Google DCX Engineering Lead - Hybrid (various locations) - 12 months
Role OverviewIn this role, you will lead the engineering direction for a Google Cloud-based Data Centre Extension (DCX) platform, supporting secure and scalable IaaS capabilities across compute, networking, automation, and observability. You will guide a team of engineers while contributing directly to cloud engineering, automation, and platform improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the design, build, and operation of Google Cloud infrastructure and IaaS platform services.
* Manage and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers while driving engineering standards and best practices.
* Define platform strategy, roadmap, and engineering priorities across GCP infrastructure services.
* Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation pipelines.
* Support secure-by-design cloud infrastructure including networking, monitoring, logging, and key management.
* Drive automation, observability, reliability, and platform optimisation initiatives.
* Collaborate with architecture, platform, and feature teams to evolve cloud capabilities and reusable patterns.
* Support operational governance including SLO/SLI management, resilience, and compliance.
Skills & Experience
* Strong experience across Google Cloud Platform infrastructure engineering and platform operations.
* Hands-on expertise with GCP Compute Engine, networking, storage, monitoring, and logging services.
* Strong experience with Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, and CI/CD tooling.
* Experience supporting RHEL and Windows virtual machine environments in cloud infrastructure.
* Strong understanding of cloud security, automation, observability, and operational reliability.
* Scripting capability using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
* Experience operating at a senior engineering or technical leadership level, balancing strategy with hands-on delivery.
* Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership capability.
Contract Details
* Location: 2 days p/w in any of: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester or Edinburgh
* Duration: Initial 12 month contract
* Day Rate: £500 - £530 inside IR35
Google DCX Engineering Lead - Hybrid (various locations) - 12 months