Public Cloud Senior DevOps Engineer (Google Cloud)
Salary: £72,702 - £80,780
Location: Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Halifax & Leeds
Hours: Full-time
Working Pattern: Hybrid - spend at least two days per week (or 40% of your time) at the location above.
Job Summary
We are modernising our infrastructure using Google Cloud, building platforms that are secure, resilient for customers, and simple and efficient for engineers to use.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will work as part of a collaborative, product‑focused team to design, build, operate and improve cloud infrastructure and services. You will contribute to meaningful products, support continuous improvement, and help deliver reliable and scalable solutions that make a positive impact for customers.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, develop and improve cloud infrastructure and platform services
* Write, review and maintain Infrastructure as Code, ensuring security and quality standards are met
* Support the operation of existing products and services, including incident response and customer requests
* Develop, test and release new features and enhancements for existing platforms
* Manage and track work through agreed delivery tools and processes (e.g. Jira)
* Use automation and AI‑enabled tooling to improve efficiency, reliability and cost effectiveness
* Identify opportunities to improve products, services and operational processes
* Contribute to sprint planning, roadmap activities and delivery milestones
* Actively invest in learning, development and knowledge‑sharing
* Support and mentor junior engineers, helping to build an inclusive and supportive team culture
* Provide cover for the Lead Engineer when required
This role includes participation in a shared on‑call rota.
Essential Skills and Experience
* Experience designing, building or supporting cloud‑based infrastructure solutions
* Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform or equivalent)
* Experience with version control and collaboration tools (e.g. GitHub or similar)
* Understanding of secure engineering practices and industry best standards
* Experience working in agile delivery environments (e.g. Scrum or Kanban)
* Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD
* Ability to communicate clearly, listen to different perspectives and contribute constructively
* Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions
* Proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical issues or bottlenecks
Desirable Skills and Experience
* Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
* Experience with cloud networking or security services, such as:
o Firewalls
o Identity and Access Management (IAM)
o Organisation policies and networking controls
* Experience with automation, platform tooling or AI‑enabled capabilities
* Experience supporting or mentoring other engineers
If you do not meet all the desirable criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
About Working With Us
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong and can perform at their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.
We are Disability Confident. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
What We Offer
* Pension contribution of up to 15%
* Annual performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes, including free shares
* Flexible benefits that support different lifestyles
* 30 days' holiday, plus bank holidays
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you want to do work that's interesting, collaborative and makes a real difference at scale, we'd love to hear from you.
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