DevOps Consultant
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Summary
A DevOps consultant role in Edinburgh focused on building and operating Google Cloud infrastructure day to day: Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform-based IaC, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, Harness), API gateways, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana and the ELK stack.
Strong hands-on experience with:
- GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
- Cloud Run
- Cloud Functions
- Pub/Sub
- Cloud SQL
- VPC Networking
- IAM
- Cloud Monitoring
- Secret Manager
- Cloud Storage
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Expert-level knowledge of Terraform.
- Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and automation frameworks.
- Experience with policy-as-code and infrastructure governance.
Kubernetes & Containerization
- Experience operating production Kubernetes environments.
- CI/CD & Release Management
Experience with:
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- Harness
Strong understanding of:
- GitOps
- Deployment strategies
- Release automation
- Configuration management
- API & Integration Technologies
Experience working with API Gateway technologies such as:
- Apigee
- Azure API Management
- Kong (desirable)
- Strong understanding of:
- REST APIs
- OpenAPI Specifications
- OAuth2
- JWT
- API Security Standards
- Observability & Monitoring
Experience with:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK Stack
- OpenTelemetry
- Google Cloud Monitoring
- Scripting & Automation
Proficiency in one or more of:
- Python (optional)
- Bash
- Go
- PowerShell
- Networking & Security
