GCP Devops Engineer

Overview

Our Cloud Engineering team is seeking a seasoned and

passionate Senior Cloud Engineer with deep hands-on development and

cloud engineering expertise. In this role, you will serve as a key technical

contributor within a cloud-focused engineering team, working on one of the

Group’s flagship initiatives-delivering a strategic platform on Google Cloud

Platform (GCP) that enables the business to realise next-generation

services aligned with the Bank’s long-term vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect,

  implement, and maintain highly resilient, scalable, and secure Kubernetes

  environments on GCP.

• Engineer

  and optimise Kubernetes infrastructure to support multitenant workloads,

  ensuring robust isolation, resource efficiency, and operational

  scalability.

• Design

  and enforce strong security controls, including OPA Gatekeeper policies,

  fine-grained RBAC, mTLS enforcement, and secure service mesh

  configurations.

• Build,

  maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines enabling automated testing,

  seamless deployments, and continuous integration.

• Diagnose

  and resolve complex system-level issues related to performance,

  scalability, networking, and automation.

• Collaborate

  with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud-native solutions aligned with

  engineering best practices and business goals.

Required Skills & Experience

Core areas we require (GKE, Istio, GCP platform

engineering, and complex production-grade Kubernetes operations)

Core Cloud & DevOps Competencies

• Extensive

  experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles across consumer or SaaS environments.

• Strong

  expertise in deploying and managing production-grade Kubernetes

  clusters and containerised services.

• Hands-on

  experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and Containers in live,

  high-availability environments.

• Proven

  experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automated

  build, test, and deployment workflows.

• Proficiency

  in programming languages such as Python, Go, and Bash for automation and tooling.

• Demonstrated

  ability to take ownership of engineering initiatives and drive them

  to successful completion.

• Strong

  experience developing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Exposure

  to managing the full product lifecycle of cloud-native core

  services.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Expertise

• Hands-on

  experience with GCP infrastructure and services.

• Deep

  understanding of cloud networking concepts such as Hybrid Connectivity, VPN, NAT, IPAM, DNS, and routing.

• Strong

  knowledge of cloud security including KMS, PKI, encryption

  standards, and least-privilege access principles.

Kubernetes, Service Mesh & GitOps

• Experience

  with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio or Anthos for secure service-to-service communication and observability.

• Competence

  in managing Istio telemetry, sidecar injection, and enforcing mTLS.

• Experience

  with Anthos Config Management, GitOps-driven provisioning,

  and Backstage GitOps workflows.

• Understanding

  of shared Kubernetes services such as CoreDNS, cert-manager, Dynatrace, Cloudability, and Infoblox.

• Familiarity

  with OPA Gatekeeper for policy enforcement and tenant isolation.

Security, Observability & Performance

• Strong

  security mindset with a proven track record of designing secure, resilient

  cloud-native systems.

• Experience

  implementing observability stacks including Prometheus, Dynatrace,

  and OpenTelemetry.

• Deep

  understanding of Linux internals, system performance tuning, and

  troubleshooting.

• Familiarity

  with Aqua Security for container runtime protection.

CI/CD & Automation Tooling

• Hands-on

  experience with Harness CI/CD for secure and automated deployment

  workflows.

Professional Attributes

• Excellent

  verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability

  to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

• Ability

  to work effectively in fast-paced, dynamic environments and adapt quickly

  to change.

• Strong

  analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on delivering high-quality

  outcomes.