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# GCP Engineer

- **Company:** Hamilton Barnes
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Role-Based Access Control, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Istio, Kubernetes, Terraform
- **Published:** May 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/gcp-engineer-manchester/2774186487-2/

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with GKE in production
 * Solid Kubernetes fundamentals (networking, RBAC, scaling, troubleshooting)
 * Experience working in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
 * CI/CD experience with Harness
 * Strong GitHub workflow experience (PRs, branching, automation)
 * Experience with Istio Service Mesh (traffic routing, mTLS, canary/blue-green deployments)
 * Deep understanding of containers and cloud-native architectures

## Description

We're looking for a hands-on Platform / DevOps Engineer with deep experience running production workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). This role is for someone who enjoys building, automating, and operating cloud-native platforms - not just designing them.

You'll own Kubernetes infrastructure end to end: provisioning, CI/CD, deployments, service mesh, and day-to-day operations in a modern GCP environment.

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and operate GKE clusters in production environments

Automate cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes-based deployments

Implement and manage Istio service mesh for traffic management, security, and observability


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