Platform Engineer (GCP)

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 months ago
£50,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£50,000 – £65,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
6 May 2026 (2 months ago)

Benefits

Ongoing career development Market leading benefits package

Prestigious opportunity for a talented and experienced Platform Engineer to join a rapidly growing digital engineering team delivering cutting edge solutions across a diverse portfolio of clients.This is hands on applying your deep engineering and architectural expertise to design, build, and evolve scalable platform solutions that drive digital transformation within some of the UK's most exciting organisations.Collaborating closely with highly skilled, cross functional teams, you will work alongside engineers, architects, and product specialists to push boundaries and deliver impactful, high quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain robust cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
  • Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
  • Provide technical leadership and input into system and architecture design
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.
  • Write clean, well documented code and contribute to technical documentation
  • Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues
  • Continuously improve platform performance, security, and reliability
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and drive innovation and adoption
  • Communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders


If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LET'S TALK!

  • Strong experience designing and managing cloud native platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Hands-on expertise with services such as:
  • Compute Engine, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Storage
  • VPC networking, IAM, Cloud Functions
  • Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
  • Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Cloud Build)
  • Proficiency in scripting/programming (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
  • Experience with containerisation & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management
  • Experience with monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar)
  • Strong Git/version control experience

Exposure to the following skills is advantageous but not essential: -

  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, on-premise).
  • Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Puppet).
  • Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
  • Familiarity with GCP AI/ML services (AI Platform, AutoML).



In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and a market leading benefits package in a flexible, hybrid working environment.

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