Senior GCP Cloud & DevOps Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior GCP Cloud & DevOps Engineer to join our team in Bradford on a 12-month FTC. This is a hybrid role, with two days in the office and three days working remotely each week.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the end-to-end GCP platform, covering infrastructure design, deployment, lifecycle management, and ongoing optimisation.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure to support AI and data products.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and consistent product delivery.
• Drive platform reliability and performance through strong observability, monitoring, and AIOps practices.
• Ensure platform security, governance, and compliance, working closely with central Security and adhering to best practices.
• Optimise cloud spend and resource usage, balancing cost efficiency with performance and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, data, and product teams to enable rapid development and innovation.
• Create and maintain clear, high-quality documentation across platforms, services, and data products.
• Define, track, and improve key platform KPIs such as availability, deployment frequency, MTTR, and security posture.
• Support incident management, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of platform operations.

Essential Qualifications

• Proven experience working in high-performing Platform / DevOps teams.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid background in DevOps or Platform Engineering, building scalable, automated infrastructure.
• Expertise in CI/CD design and implementation (e.g., GitHub Actions, Terraform, Cloud Build).
• Experience supporting AI‑driven applications, microservices, and API‑led architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills using logs, tracing, and observability tools.
• Good understanding of cloud networking, security principles, IAM, and VPC design.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced, product‑led environments with multiple stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications

• GCP Professional‑level certification.
• Experience working with offshore teams or third‑party delivery partners.
• Exposure to AIOps practices and advanced observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry).
• Experience implementing cloud governance and security frameworks at scale.
• Strong awareness of cost optimisation strategies within GCP environments.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to purchase 5 more.
• Enjoy your birthday off, plus an additional 3 days of annual leave after 5 years of service.
• Wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%.
• Car benefit scheme.
• Online learning platform for continuous career development.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates.