Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (GCP)

CompanyWipro

LocationManchester Area, United Kingdom

Posted At12/1/2025

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£54,900 (£28.15 per hour)

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Description

Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering

Are you ready to lead the next wave of cloud innovation? Join our Cloud Native Engineering Lab as a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (GCP) and help us design, build, and operate secure, automated cloud platforms that empower product teams to deliver API-first services at pace and with confidence.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership: Be a hands-on leader, balancing deep technical work with mentoring and coaching to raise the bar on reliability, security, and simplicity.
Platform Development: Design, build, and operate Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and modern CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness, Spinnaker).
Security & Reliability: Embed secure-by-design principles from architecture to runtime, safeguarding colleagues and customers.
Performance & Automation: Define and operate against SLOs/SLIs, implement actionable observability, performance tuning, and automation to reduce toil.
API-First Enablement: Enable API-first delivery with reusable patterns and golden paths for API producers and consumers.
Community & Mentorship: Mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and uphold Platform Engineering standards.

Qualifications

Proven experience delivering large-scale systems with high performance, availability, and fault-tolerance.
Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and CI/CD systems.
Deep knowledge of containers, orchestration (Kubernetes), and service-mesh patterns (Istio).
Strong API design and security skills (REST/OpenAPI, authN/Z, mTLS, certificate lifecycle).
Scripting proficiency in Bash or Python.
Depth in GCP services, including:
GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud Armor
Istio
Stackdriver (Cloud Monitoring & Logging)
Apigee for API Management
Desirable: Harness, HashiCorp Vault, Dynatrace, Docker/buildah, NodeJS for API tooling, relevant GCP certifications.

Required Skills

Delivered automated, hybrid-cloud platforms in agile teams.
Collaborate across architecture and business stakeholders.
Technology-agnostic mindset—choose the best tool for the job and stay curious.
Enjoy mentoring and raising the engineering bar as a hands-on player-coach.

Preferred Skills

Harness, HashiCorp Vault, Dynatrace, Docker/buildah, NodeJS for API tooling, Google Professional Cloud Architect or GCP DevOps certifications.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

Competitive remuneration package

Equal Opportunity Statement

We’re committed to inclusive hiring and accessible processes. We’ll provide reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process—please let us know what you need.

What You'll Get in Return

Opportunity to make a genuine impact in a diverse, energising, and inclusive environment.
Real career progression and development support.