Salary: £36,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Strong, hands-on experience with GCP networking, including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, routing, and peering. Proven expertise in hybrid connectivity, specifically Cloud VPN and Interconnect. Advanced experience using Terraform and Terraform Cloud for network IaC. Proficient in Python scripting for infrastructure automation. Experience integrating infrastructure workflows into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, or Harness. Solid understanding of GCP Organisation Policy and policy-as-code frameworks such as Sentinel or OPA. GCP certification, ideally Professional Cloud Network Engineer or equivalent. Experience working with internal developer platforms or cloud engineering portals such as Backstage (nice to have). Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale GCP Virtual Data Centre (VDC) network architectures. Build and manage VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, routing, and VPC peering to enable secure, scalable connectivity. Implement hybrid connectivity using Cloud VPN and Interconnect to support on-prem and multi-cloud integration. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code for GCP network resources using Terraform and Terraform Cloud. Automate network provisioning and configuration using Python scripting. Define and enforce GCP Organisation Policies to meet security, compliance, and governance requirements. Integrate network deployments into CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and release. Implement policy-as-code guardrails using Sentinel or OPA to ensure consistent network governance. Optimise network performance, resilience, and availability through monitoring, logging, and proactive tuning. Partner with security teams to embed network security best practices, including firewall design, private access, and service perimeters. Support migration of legacy network designs into standardised, reusable VDC templates. Diagnose and resolve complex, multi-layer network issues across GCP environments. Technologies: CI/CD Cloud DevOps Firewall GCP GitHub Support Jenkins Network Python Security Terraform VPN Architect More: We are recruiting a Senior GCP VDC Network Engineer to join our Public Cloud Platform team, responsible for delivering compliant, secure, and efficient Google Cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities across the Group. This hands-on senior engineering role will involve designing and building reusable, enterprise-grade GCP network products and modernising cloud network services. You will act as a senior technical authority within a cross-disciplinary feature team, influencing design decisions, guiding strategy, and setting standards in a collaborative environment. last updated 6 week of 2026