Cloud Platform Engineer / SRE (GCP Focus)

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Hybrid

Full Time

Cloud Platform Engineer

Infrastructure

We’re looking for a Cloud & Platform Engineer who enjoys building secure, reliable, and automated solutions that make life easier for engineering teams and deliver better experiences for customers.

This is a full-time hybrid-based role.

To be successful in the role, you will need to be a good team player with excellent communication skills, have the ability to manage your own workload, and work well on your own initiative and under direction.

Key Responsibilities

As part of the Integration GCP Infrastructure Engineering team, the responsibilities include:

Design, Build, and Operate

Deliver and maintain secure, automated GCP API Management platform capabilities.
Support API Gateway and broader integration platform products.

Platform Enablement

Enable product teams to deliver API first services using reusable patterns and integration tooling.

Infrastructure Automation

Develop and maintain Terraform-based IaC solutions for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
Ensure consistency, repeatability, and organisational compliance.

Security & Compliance

Embed security controls and best practices across design, deployment, and runtime.
Performance & Reliability
Define, monitor, and operate against SLOs/SLIs to ensure high availability and resilience.

Continuous Improvement

Drive automation, optimise observability, and reduce manual effort through tooling improvements.

Collaboration

Work closely with architecture, engineering, and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap.
Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and platform enablement.

Mentoring & Standards

Mentor team members and uphold engineering and operational standards.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and excellence.

Additional Responsibilities

Hands‑on engineering to maintain IaC and CI/CD pipeline‑based products and services.
Observe, investigate, and resolve service issues with an engineering‑first mindset.
Implement automation to reduce toil and improve reliability using existing cloud tooling or new solutions.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Cloud Platform Engineering

Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities.
Strong grounding in Azure with readiness to cross train and operate within GCP environments.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Proficiency with Terraform (minimum requirement).
Experience with Jenkins and modern CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and Jenkins.

API Management

Deep understanding of GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and API Gateway solutions.
Familiarity with API design and security (REST/OpenAPI), authentication/authorisation patterns (OAuth, mTLS), and certificate lifecycle management.

Networking & Security

Experience with GCP Networking and GCP Cloud Armor.
Ability to embed secure by design controls across the platform lifecycle.

Containers & Orchestration

Hands on experience with GCP Kubernetes Service (GKE), containers, and service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio).

Automation & Observability

Experience implementing actionable observability, SLO/SLI frameworks, and performance tuning.
Focus on automation and reducing operational toil.

Scripting & Tooling

Strong scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage (desirable).

Collaboration & Leadership

Ability to mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and uphold platform engineering standards.

Certifications

Relevant GCP certifications are highly desirable.

Ready To Join The Team?

Our amazing team is growing rapidly and we are always looking for talented individuals.

Comapny Benefits

In addition to the competitive salary, you will also be entitled to the following benefits:

Time allocated for personal development and training
Pension contributions
Death in Service Cover
Income Protection
20 days holiday per annum, plus 5 lifestyle days and the option to buy additional days
Access to well being and legal assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Access to multiple offerings including supermarket savings, discounted days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle
Company social events throughout the year
Access to an electric vehicle scheme
Access to private medical insurance

Why join FormusPro

Empower. Impact. Change.

That’s our motto, and we mean it. Our focus is helping our clients solve problems with Microsoft technology that enables them to achieve their goals. We’re a technical bunch (and proud of it). That combination of how we partner with our clients and our technical DNA has created an environment that allows our team to thrive.