DevOps Engineer (GCP) – Industry leading SaaS platform – Remote Based (UK) (Bury)

DevOps Engineer (GCP) – Industry leading SaaS platform – Remote Based (UK)

Salary – £70,000

Location – South West UK – Once a month on site

We are embarking on a strategic initiative to migrate a substantial an application estate from on-premise infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). As part of this journey, we’re looking for a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to lead the migration and help shape the future of our cloud infrastructure.

This is a hands-on role that combines technical leadership with engineering execution. You’ll be instrumental in leveraging GCP-native services, like managed databases, networking, and cloud storage, to ensure a smooth and secure migration. Once completed, your focus will expand to supporting development and QA teams through enhanced DevOps practices including CI/CD, cloud provisioning, monitoring, automation, and containerisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the the migration of a legacy .NET system from on-prem infrastructure to GCP.
• Design and provision cloud-native infrastructure using GCP services and automation tools.
• Collaborate across teams to streamline development-to-production workflows.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions.
• Monitor and optimise infrastructure performance, security, and reliability.
• Implement system decoupling strategies and container orchestration solutions.
• Ensure consistent environments across development, staging, and production.
• Explore and adopt technologies that improve platform scalability and developer experience.
• Develop alerting systems and maintain clear operational documentation.
• Engage in training and development as needed to support your role.

Required Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly GCP (AWS also considered).
• Comfortable managing Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

Desirable Skills

• Experience with container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker Swarm).

Benefits

• Enhanced pension contributions (employee 5%, employer 4%)
• Group life assurance
• 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays
• Private medical cover
• Regular company events (e.g., exhibitions, summer & holiday parties)

If this is of interest please feel free to apply or contact me directly on scott@futuretalent.io