DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer (GCP / GKE)

12-Month Contract

£550/day Outside IR35

Remote (UK)

I'm looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer for a 12-month remote contract. You'll be the dedicated engineer looking after a customer's Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) platform on Google Cloud.

Key responsibilities

• Run, monitor and upgrade in-cluster tooling, and deploy workloads using GitOps (FluxCD)
• Troubleshoot deployment and platform issues, escalating infrastructure problems to the customer's infrastructure partner
• Scale and right-size workloads (CPU/memory, HPA) and set up namespaces and environments
• Own Datadog: audit monitors and dashboards, cut alert noise, close coverage gaps and set up alert routing for P1 escalation
• Fix High and Critical vulnerabilities within 14 days and review Security Command Center findings
• Maintain the base image repository and a timestamped audit trail for compliance
• Write runbooks and escalation paths, and support on-call readiness
• Act as a technical sounding board for the customer's platform team and join service reviews

Required skills

• Production Kubernetes experience, ideally GKE
• Worked with Google Cloud Platform +3 years
• GitOps with FluxCD (or Argo CD), plus Helm/Kustomize
• Hands-on Datadog: monitors, dashboards, alert tuning and routing
• Container security and CVE remediation
• Scripting in Bash and/or Python
• Clear runbooks and documentation
• Confident working with clients and third-party suppliers