Senior GCP DevSecOps Engineer

Job Description

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: July 30, 2027
Work Set Up: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior GCP DevSecOps Engineer to build, deploy, and manage secure cloud platform capabilities within a large-scale enterprise environment. This role is responsible for engineering and operating Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure using automation-first practices, embedding security throughout cloud platforms and delivery pipelines, and ensuring compliance with enterprise cloud security standards. The successful candidate will leverage Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps methodologies, and cloud-native technologies to improve operational resilience, cloud security, and platform scalability.

What you will do:

• Build, deploy, and manage components of the GCP foundation platform using Google Cloud services, including GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Build, and Cloud Run.
• Engineer repeatable platform and security capabilities using Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Config Connector while following established engineering standards.
• Implement and enhance preventive security controls and guardrails to improve cloud security posture and reduce operational risk.
• Integrate, configure, deploy, and manage cloud services across IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, operating systems, and container platforms.
• Embed security into delivery pipelines by building and supporting CI/CD and continuous testing capabilities using Cloud Build, GitOps tooling, FluxCD, Helm, and related technologies.
• Ensure alignment and compliance with centrally defined cloud security standards by maintaining audit evidence, controls mapping, configuration management, and documentation.
• Operate within established change management practices by producing impact assessments and supporting controlled, traceable deployments.
• Maintain high-quality operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures to enable sustainable operations and effective knowledge transfer.
• Develop automation-first engineering solutions using Infrastructure as Code and scripting languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, container platforms, and CI/CD pipelines while supporting resilient and reliable operations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by simplifying operational processes and reducing manual effort through automation.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, compliance, and business stakeholders to communicate technical solutions, manage risk, and support secure cloud platform delivery.