GCP Cloud Engineer

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At National Gas, the work we do matters.

As Britain's national gas network, we help keep the lights on, businesses running, and homes warm by maintaining the critical infrastructure that transports gas across Great Britain. While providing the energy security Britain relies on today, we're also helping transform the network for a clean energy future.

Join us and help secure Britain's energy.

If you're passionate about cloud technology and eager to make a real impact - look no further. We're looking for a talented GCP (Google Cloud Platform) Cloud Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team and help us deliver secure, scalable, and efficient cloud solutions that keep the nation's energy flowing.

The GCP Cloud Engineer is responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure across GCP and Azure. This role requires technical expertise in cloud-native services, automation, and security, and will drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and Dev Sec Ops  practices.

• Design, build, and manage complex cloud environments using GCP and Azure, ensuring adherence to architectural guardrails and tagging standards.
• Develop and maintain secure, multi-region, multi-account cloud landing zones using automation frameworks.
• Implement advanced networking (VPC, VPN, hybrid connectivity, load balancing, DNS, CDN) and security controls (IAM, RBAC, KMS, firewalls, SIEM integration).

Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Develop, test, and maintain IaC templates using Terraform, Cloud Formation, and Ansible for repeatable, auditable deployments.
• Integrate IaC pipelines with version control (Git), automated testing, and policy-as-code (e.g., Sentinel, OPA) for compliance enforcement.
• Champion Git Ops and immutable infrastructure patterns.

CI/CD & Dev Ops:

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, etc.) for automated build, test, and deployment of cloud-native and containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Implement blue/green and canary deployment strategies, automated rollbacks, and robust monitoring/alerting for production workloads.
• Collaborate with development and SRE teams to embed security and quality gates into the SDLC.

Cloud Security & Compliance:

• Enforce cloud security best practices, including least privilege, encryption at rest/in transit, vulnerability scanning, and automated remediation.
• Support ITGC, audit, and regulatory requirements by implementing controls, monitoring, and evidence collection for cloud environments.
• Respond to security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement.

Monitoring, Observability & Cost Optimization:

• Deploy and manage cloud-native monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (e.g., Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite, AWS Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Analyse resource utilization, optimise for performance and cost, and implement automated scaling and rightsizing.
• Produce dashboards and reports for operational and business stakeholders.
• Lead incident response for cloud infrastructure issues, including root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation
• Develop and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical workloads.

You're an experienced Cloud Engineer with advanced hands-on experience with Azure, GCP and Terraform, including multi-cloud and hybrid architectures. Also:

• IaC & Automation: Proficiency in Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, and scripting languages (Python, Bash, Power Shell)
• CI/CD & Dev Ops: Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration
• Security: Solid…