At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team of engineers to design and operate secure Google Cloud infrastructure.
- Company: Join Google, a leader in tech innovation and cloud services.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make an impact in cloud technology while leading a talented team.
- Qualifications: Experience in GCP, IaaS, DevOps, and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Job Type: Contract · Inside IR35
Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh — Hybrid (2 days a week)
Duration: 12 months (Contract Inside IR35)
The Role
We're looking to recruit an Infrastructure engineering lead within the Public Cloud Services Compute (GCP DCX) team. The key attributes to the role are:
- Leadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engineers
- Manage multi partner, permanent colleagues
- Experienced in Product Ownership, setting the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP DCX (Data Centre Extension) – IaaS Platform
Technical Competencies
- Strong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automation
- Senior Technology Person (50% Tech Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineering)
The scope of service includes:
- Design, Build, and Operate: Deliver and maintain secure, automated Google compute capabilities, supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows virtual machine and broader compute and networking products and configurations.
- Platform Enablement: Enable product teams to deliver Google IaaS solutions at pace, leveraging reusable patterns and robust integration tools.
- Infrastructure Automation: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and managing Google resources, ensuring repeatability and compliance.
- Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices and controls throughout the platform lifecycle, safeguarding organisational and customer data.
- Performance & Reliability: Define, monitor, and operate against service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs), ensuring high availability, performance, and fault tolerance.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive automation, observability, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.
- Collaboration: Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products, contributing to documentation and enablement.
- Team Leadership, Mentoring & Standards: Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers and uphold engineering standards, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Your Responsibilities
- Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineering: Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities, with a focus on Google compute products and services.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform (minimum), Jenkins, and modern CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Harness, Jenkins).
- Networking & Security: Experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and embedding secure-by-design controls from design to runtime.
- Automation & Observability: Implementing actionable observability, performance tuning, and automation to reduce toil. Defining and operating against SLOs/SLIs.
- Scripting & Tooling: Scripting in Bash, PowerShell, or Python. Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.
- Team Leadership, Collaboration & Mentoring: Ability to lead and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers, ensuring cross-team collaboration and mentoring.
- Certifications: Relevant GCP certifications are desirable.
Key Attributes for the role
- Leadership qualities, guiding/managing/assisting the team of 30+ engineers
- Manage WIPRO, LTC and Perm colleagues
- Set the tech strategy, roadmap and engineering priorities, quarterly business planning for GCP DCX
- Relationship Management, Influential, strong interpersonal skills
Technical Competencies
- Strong Tech background in GCP Infra, IaaS, VM, DevOps, Terraform, Automation
- Hands on Engineering Person (50% Leadership/Consulting, 50% Hands on engineering)
Google DCX Engineering Lead employer: Intelstack
At Google, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. As a Google DCX Engineering Lead, you will have the opportunity to lead a talented team of engineers while working in a hybrid environment across vibrant cities like Bristol, Leeds, and Manchester. We are committed to your professional growth, providing access to cutting-edge technology and resources, alongside a supportive atmosphere that encourages continuous learning and development.
