GCP Platform Provisioning Engineer Bournemouth £430 inside

A leading Professional Services company is seeking a GCP Platform Provisioning Engineer on a contract basis to work on a project with a leading financial client.

You will be needed onsite in Bournemouth 4 times per week.

Essential Skills & Experience

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• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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• Proven experience designing, implementing and managing platform provisioning solutions within GCP environments.
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• Strong experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).
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• Strong Python Scripting and automation experience.
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• Experience with Git and modern DevOps practices.
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• Experience implementing automated infrastructure deployment and CI/CD pipelines.
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• Experience using GitHub Co-Pilot and Claude Code to optimise DevOps and software development workflows.
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• Strong ability to work within a Shell environment (eg Bash).
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• Demonstrated ability to drive and implement automation initiatives.
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• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerisation technologies.
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Overview

We are seeking an experienced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Platform Provisioning Engineer to join a leading global financial services organisation on a major cloud transformation programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a next-generation multi-cloud engineering team responsible for building and evolving an enterprise cloud platform spanning Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Azure and on-premise environments.

The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing and managing cloud platform provisioning solutions with a primary focus on GCP, while driving infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platform engineering, and AI-assisted DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

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• Design, implement and maintain platform provisioning and management solutions primarily within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with the ability to work across AWS and Azure environments.
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• Design, provision and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
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• Build, deploy and manage Kubernetes and containerised platforms to support resilient cloud-native applications.
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• Develop automation solutions using Python and Terraform to streamline infrastructure provisioning and operational processes.
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• Implement and enhance automated deployment pipelines for cloud infrastructure and platform services.
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• Leverage AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Co-Pilot and Claude Code to improve development efficiency and code quality.
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• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual intervention and improve platform consistency and reliability.
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• Manage and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure using Shell Scripting and command-line tools (eg Bash).
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• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and platform teams to integrate provisioning solutions across the wider cloud platform.
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• Contribute to the continuous development and evolution of a large-scale enterprise multi-cloud platform.
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• Ensure cloud environments adhere to security, compliance and operational best practices.
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• Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, reliability, scalability and developer experience.
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