SC Cleared Google Cloud Engineer 6 Month Contract | Inside IR35 | £550-£700/day | Remote (Occasional London/Bristol) We're supporting a leading digital transformation consultancy delivering secure, cloud-native platforms into government and regulated environments.
The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
They are looking for an experienced SC Cleared GCP Engineer with strong GKE expertise to join a high-performing engineering team.
Key Requirements: Active SC Clearance (essential) Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Deep expertise in GKE / Kubernetes in production environments Proven background delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions Experience working in government or highly regulated environments Strong skills in Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.) Good understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, and Zero-Trust principles Key Responsibilities: Design, build and optimise GCP-based platforms, with a focus on GKE Deploy and manage containerised applications in secure, multi-environment setups Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for repeatable, scalable deployments Embed security best practices and compliance controls across the platform Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes Collaborate with engineering, platform, and security teams in agile delivery environments Nice to Have: Experience xxuwjjq with multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) environments Exposure to service mesh / CNI (e.g.
Cilium) Knowledge of monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) Experience with identity & secrets management (Keycloak, Vault) This is a great opportunity to work on high-impact, mission-critical programmes delivering secure cloud solutions at scale.