Senior Cloud Engineer - GCP

Infrastructure & Cloud - England, UK Remote Working

Ref: 6051Tuesday 6 January 2026

£425 - £475 (Outside IR35)

We are looking for a contract Senior Cloud Engineer who can take ownership of a growing Google Cloud platform, strengthen CI/CD pipelines, and push automation hard. £475 p/d, fully remote and outside IR35 is the juicy detail. If you enjoy improving systems, questioning “the way it’s always been done”, and working in a high-expectation environment then this role is for you. Automation using GCP and Kubernetes is the key for this role
 
What you’ll be doing
 
  • Working across core GCP services including Compute Engine, IAM, VPC, Cloud SQL (Postgres), and networking
  • Building, maintaining, and improving CI/CD pipelines that teams actually trust
  • Driving automation-first engineering (because manual changes belong in the past)
  • Supporting and evolving a Kubernetes (GKE) platform running production workloads
  • Using Ansible to manage and standardise environments
  • Giving confident, in-depth updates, demos, and explanations of your work — often at short notice
 
What is needed:
 
  • Solid understanding of Google Cloud fundamentals
  • Strong CI/CD and automation experience
  • Hands-on Kubernetes experience (GKE ideal)
  • Someone confident enough to challenge, suggest improvements, and own outcomes
  • Comfortable working under pressure in a demanding client environment
 
If you are keen then APPLY NOW.
 
Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.
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