GCP Platform Engineer

GCP Platform Engineer (Contract)

Contract Length: Initial 3 months
Rate: £375/day (Inside IR35)
Location: Sheffield - 3 days per week onsite (Negotiable after some time)

We're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join a fast-paced engineering team, supporting and enhancing a cloud-based platform within a regulated environment. The role will focus on platform support, cloud infrastructure, and contributing to the build-out of an Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform.

• Support, maintain and optimise a cloud platform in a production environment.
• Build and improve platform infrastructure and automation.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure platform reliability, scalability and security.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of an IAM platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform and infrastructure issues.
• Promote platform engineering best practices and continuous improvement.

• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience supporting and operating cloud platforms in production.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure, automation and platform engineering principles.
• Previous experience within Financial Services or another regulated industry.
• Exposure to Identity & Access Management (IAM) is highly desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity for a contractor to quickly add value to an established engineering team.