GCP Systems Engineer

Square One Resources Limited

London, UK

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Build Automation Cloud Computing Security Continuous Integration Python (Programming Language) Systems Development Life Cycle Software Tools Cloud Services Software Engineering Google Cloud

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Cloud Platform System Cloud Monitoring System Availability Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Terraform Webhooks Serverless Computing Golang

Job description

GCP Systems Engineer urgently needed to support the delivery and operation of large-scale, cloud-native platforms within a leading financial services environment. This is a highly technical, hands-on role focused on GCP, Kubernetes, automation and platform engineering.

You’ll design, build and operate resilient cloud services, develop Kubernetes-based solutions and drive engineering best practices across a large-scale cloud environment., * Design, build and operate secure, scalable GCP cloud-native services

Engineer and maintain Kubernetes platforms, Operators and Custom Resources (CRDs)
Develop custom controllers, reconciliation loops, admission controllers and webhooks
Build automation and tooling using Golang or Python
Implement and improve CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices
Monitor and improve platform reliability, performance, observability and resilience
Troubleshoot complex production and infrastructure issues
Develop reusable engineering standards and automation across teams
Collaborate with engineering teams on cloud platform and infrastructure initiatives
Support cloud security, compliance, capacity planning and operational excellence

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Advanced Kubernetes platform engineering experience
Proven experience building Kubernetes Operators and CRDs
Strong Golang or Python development experience
Experience with Kubernetes controllers, reconciliation loops, webhooks and API machinery
Strong Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD experience, ideally Terraform
Experience with cloud monitoring, observability, security and resilience
Proven experience operating enterprise-scale production environments
Strong understanding of software engineering and SDLC practices
Financial services experience highly desirable
Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Copilot or Claude Code advantageous

About the company

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.