Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer (GCP / Kubernetes)
Location: Fully Remote (occasional travel to Hertfordshire if required)
Contract: Initial 4–5 month contract
Start: Mid April
We are supporting a major global IT services provider delivering platform engineering services for one of the world’s leading international financial institutions. They are seeking a Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer to help build, operate and industrialise modern cloud‑native platforms across hybrid and public cloud environments.
This role sits within a high‑impact platform engineering programme focused on automation, reliability engineering and secure cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise‑scale digital transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Operations
* Build, operate and continuously improve lab and production platforms across Google Cloud (GKE / GKE On‑Prem / GDC).
* Manage Kubernetes clusters at scale, including:
o Cluster lifecycle management
o Upgrades and patching
o Day 0 / Day 1 / Day 2 automation
o Drift remediation and reliability engineering
* Implement GitOps‑first operations using Argo CD.
* Enforce platform standards, configuration baselines and compliance evidence collection.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
* Engineer consistent infrastructure across public and private cloud environments using:
o Terraform Enterprise
o Ansible Automation Platform
o Metalsoft
* Develop and maintain multi‑stage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
* Build reusable Golden Path modules and templated infrastructure stacks.
Security, Zero Trust & Secrets Management
* Embed Zero Trust principles including MFA, IP allow‑listing, IAP and HA VPN.
* Implement enterprise secrets lifecycle management using Akeyless.
* Integrate compliance controls, CI policy gates and audit trails aligned with financial regulatory requirements.
Required Skills & Experience Expert Level
* CI/CD and IaC automation using:
o GitHub Actions
o Terraform Enterprise
o Ansible Automation Platform
* GitOps operations using Argo CD
* Kubernetes platform lifecycle management
* Terraform workspace and module design across cloud environments
* Secrets lifecycle and vault patterns (e.g. Akeyless)
* Multi‑stage infrastructure and application pipelines
* Building reusable Golden Path infrastructure modules
Practitioner Level
* Kubernetes operations and patch automation
* Drift remediation and reliability engineering
* Secret rotation automation and compliance evidence collection
* Bare‑metal infrastructure automation using Metalsoft
* Network and perimeter security controls (MFA, IAP, HA VPN, IP allow listing)
* CI policy checks and security gating
* Infrastructure cost‑aware provisioning
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