Job Title: Cloud Engineer – GCP, Python, Terraform
Location: Glasgow,UK
Duration : 12 Months
Work Type: On-site
Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the UK, Europe and many other countries in the world. The client below is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
Job Description
* We are looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer with deep experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Python, and Terraform to support a large-scale Google Cloud enablement initiative. This role will focus on building secure, scalable, and automated cloud foundations, enabling Vertex AI services, provisioning delivery environments, and implementing the target-state operating model across people, process, and technology.
* The ideal candidate will be responsible for engineering reusable cloud infrastructure, automating platform provisioning, embedding governance and controls, and enabling high-quality, production-ready GCP services for enterprise AI/ML workloads.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and automate GCP infrastructure using Terraform and Python.
* Provision and manage cloud environments required for the program, including Production.
* Develop reusable infrastructure modules, templates, and engineering patterns for scalable GCP adoption.
* Implement cloud services and platform capabilities required to enable Vertex AI APIs and enterprise AI/ML workloads.
* Build automation for provisioning, configuration validation, compliance checks, operational workflows, and platform integrations.
* Collaborate with architecture, security, network, IAM, and platform teams to deliver compliant and production-ready cloud solutions.
* Translate control-plane and operating model requirements into deployable engineering assets and standards.
* Support environment setup, service onboarding, policy alignment, and release readiness for GCP workloads.
* Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, governance, and resiliency requirements, especially for regulated and HCD-sensitive workloads.
* Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure lifecycle management, version control, and release automation.
* Document platform designs, engineering standards, implementation patterns, and operational procedures.
* Mentor team members and provide technical leadership on cloud engineering best practices.
Required Skills and Qualifications
* Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
* Deep experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code, module development, and environment provisioning.
* Strong Python development/scripting experience for automation and tooling.
* Experience building and managing cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments.
* Familiarity with core GCP services such as networking, compute, IAM, storage, monitoring, and security services.
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and automated deployment practices.
* Understanding of cloud governance, policy enforcement, secure design, and operational controls.
* Experience designing scalable, maintainable, and reusable cloud engineering solutions.
* Strong troubleshooting, collaboration, and technical documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with Vertex AI, AI/ML platform enablement, or API-based model integration.
* Exposure to enterprise cloud control planes or multi-cloud platform engineering.
* Familiarity with IAM, networking, security, and policy-as-code concepts.
* Experience in regulated environments such as banking or financial services.
* Knowledge of SRE, observability, and production support considerations for cloud platforms.
* Experience driving platform standardization and engineering operating models.
TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.