Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer (GCP, Kubernetes) - Contract - Remote (with some travel) - 5-6 Months

Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer (GCP, Kubernetes) - Contract - Remote (with some travel) - 5-6 months initially - (RL8127)

Our client is looking for a highly experienced Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer to build, operate, and industrialise modern cloud native platforms across both public and private cloud environments.

Duration: 5-6 months initially
Pay Rate: Competitive
IR35 Status: Inside (PLEASE NOTE: Employer NI is paid for by the client)
Location: Remote with occasional travel to Hatfield

Clearance: Banking clearance required

The Role:
You will design, build, and run secure, reliable, and fully automated platform services used by major customers undergoing digital transformation. This role is hands on and highly technical, with a focus on industrialising platform operations, enforcing governance, and delivering repeatable, automated infrastructure patterns across GCP and private cloud environments.

Main Responsibilities:

Platform Engineering & Operations

• Build, operate, and evolve lab and production platforms across GCP (GKE, GKE On-Prem, GDC).
• Manage Kubernetes clusters at scale - including cluster life cycle, upgrades, drift remediation, and Day 0/1/2 automation.
• Implement GitOps-first operations using ArgoCD.
• Enforce platform policies, configuration baselines, and compliance evidence collection.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Engineer consistent public/private cloud infrastructure using:

1. Terraform Enterprise
2. Ansible Automation Platform
3. Metalsoft

• Develop and manage multi stage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and TFE.
• Industrialise reusable Golden Path modules and templated stacks.

Security, Zero Trust & Secrets Management

• Embed zero trust principles (MFA, IAP, HA VPN, IP allow listing) across pipelines and runtime.
• Implement enterprise grade secrets life cycle management using Akeyless.
• Integrate compliance controls, CI policy gates, and audit trails supporting DORA.

Customer Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Lead customers through platform modernisation and DevOps transformation initiatives.
• Produce automation frameworks, reference architectures, and runbooks.
• Run workshops and ensure a smooth handover to support and operations teams.

Required Skills & Experience:

Expert Level

• CI/CD & IaC Automation (GitHub Actions, Terraform Enterprise, Ansible Automation Platform)
• Cluster life cycle management & GitOps operations
• TFE workspace/module design across VCF & GCP
• Secrets life cycle management (Akeyless, vault patterns)
• Multi stage app + infra pipelines
• Reusable modules & Golden Path stacks

Practitioner Level

• Kubernetes operations, patch automation, drift remediation
• Secret rotation automation & compliance evidence collection
• Metalsoft for bare metal IaC
• Network/perimeter controls (IAP, HA VPN, MFA, IP allow listing)
• Policy checks, CI gating, and AAP based patching/hardening
• Cost aware provisioning

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