Overview
Natobotics South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Role: GCP Cloud Engineer
Locations (priority order): Sheffield > Birmingham > Edinburgh
Contract Duration: 6+ months (extensions possible based on performance)
Work Model: Hybrid (2–3 days/week onsite)
Important: Candidates must be open and comfortable with FTE conversion.
Responsibilities Will Include
* Deploying, configuring and securing backend REST API services using CSP native services.
* Deploying, configuring and securing containerised application runtimes using Infrastructure as Code.
* Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, focusing on traceability and regulatory controls.
* Managing, monitoring, and optimising cloud infrastructure across GCP, ensuring performance, resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.
* Collaborating closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.
* Supporting live systems, conducting root cause analysis, fixing bugs and implementing solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Qualifications And Experience
* A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
* A background in Cloud Engineering with infrastructure experience.
* Over 5 years of development experience, focusing on large-scale, distributed systems.
* Hands-on experience with GCP, including CSP native services, networking, IAM, databases (PostgreSQL) and cost optimization. Experience with other cloud providers such as AWS is advantageous.
* Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization.
* A strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
* Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information effectively to diverse audiences.
* A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.
Essential Skills
* Demonstrable experience of:
* Public Cloud.
* Infrastructure build and configurations for services including Compute, Storage, Networking.
* Linux.
* Relational and NoSQL databases.
* Integration services such as messaging and streams.
* Building RESTful API Services.
* Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions.
* Microservices and distributed tracing.
* Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (e.g., ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
* Automation scripting (using languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.).
* Experience with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools.
* Experience working within an Agile environment.
* A good understanding of cryptography (authentication, data encryption).
* The ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
* Good non-functional testing experience.
Desirable Skills
* Experience working in financial services or other regulated environments.
* Programming experience in Python and Golang.
* GCP certifications (e.g., Google Cloud Engineer / GCP Cloud DevOps Engineer).
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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