GCP Platform & SRE Engineer (Apigee) - Manchester OR Leeds OR Halifax (Hybrid) - IR35

GCP Platform Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Manchester OR Leeds OR Halifax (2-3 Days a week onsite is mandatory)
Duration: 6 months + Extension

Budget: £350 - £400 per day, all inclusive

THIS PROJECT IS INSIDE IR35

We are seeking a hands-on GCP Platform Engineer/SRE to design, implement, and operate a secure, automated cloud platform supporting API-first workloads and enterprise integration services.

This role focuses on GCP-native infrastructure, API platform engineering, and SRE reliability practices.

Core Responsibilities

• Engineer and operate secure GCP platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Build and maintain GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and API Gateway capabilities
• Design and implement networking, load balancing, and edge security (Cloud Armor)
• Deploy and operate GKE clusters and container platforms in production
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and modular IaC patterns
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform components
• Embed secure-by-design controls across the platform life cycle
• Define and manage SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
• Implement observability as code and actionable monitoring
• Improve reliability and reduce operational toil through automation and performance optimisation
• Troubleshoot production platform issues using an SRE engineering approach

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Deep experience with Apigee API Management infrastructure
• Proven knowledge of GCP Networking, VPC design, Cloud Armor, and Load Balancers
• Production experience operating Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Strong Terraform expertise with modular and maintainable IaC design
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness, etc.)
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and API security standards (REST/OpenAPI, AuthN/AuthZ, mTLS, certificate life cycle)
• Hands-on experience with observability tooling and monitoring platforms
• Experience defining and operating to SLO/SLI-based reliability models
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Groovy Scripting

Desirable Skills

• Experience with HashiCorp Vault
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio or similar)
• Experience with Dynatrace SLO-based monitoring or observability-as-code approaches
• Exposure to Backstage or internal developer platforms
• GCP professional certifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong platform engineering and automation mindset
• Experience operating large-scale production cloud environments
• Passion for reducing toil and improving reliability
• Excellent debugging and root cause analysis skills
• Comfortable working in cross-functional engineering environments