Job Specifications
Job Title: Senior Cloud Native GCP Engineer
Max Supplier Charge Rate: £825p/d max via Umbrella
Clearance required: BPSS
Duration: End of April 2026
Location: Hybrid (60% remote-40% onsite London) but client teams are mostly remote.
Job Description
A senior engineer to join a modern engineering practice across commercial trading business of a multi-brand retailer. This role requires deep hands-on experience across open-source development stacks, cloud-native architecture using Google Cloud services and strong capability in driving automation, observability, and platform excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of microservices-based architecture to build scalable, secure, and maintainable applications.
Develop, deploy, and maintain microservices using Spring Boot, Node.js, React Deploy, manage, and scale applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments
Implement cloud-native solutions using containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes (GKE)
Drive automation across the SDLC using CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and modern DevSecOps workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
Use Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform for provisioning and environment consistency
Collaborate with architects and product teams to design robust and future-ready solutions
Champion engineering excellence, clean code practices, observability, and shift-left security
Work with the junior engineers to uplift development standards across squads
Lead the path for introducing AI / GenAI tooling for driving adoption across each phase of SDLC (analysis, design, development, testing and deployment)
Essential Skills & Experience
Strong back-end development experience using Spring Boot and microservices patterns
Front-end development exposure with frameworks like React or Angular (nice to have)
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud core services (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, IAM) Solid expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices Strong CI/CD and DevOps toolchain knowledge: GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc.
Deep understanding of containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes deployments
Familiarity with security, observability (e.g. OpenTelemetry, Stackdriver), and SRE principles
Experience in integrating AI/GenAI tools (e.g., Gemini Code Assist, LangChain) into engineering workflows
Worked in enterprise transformation programs involving both legacy and modern tech stacks
Experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio) and API gateways
Contributions to open-source or engineering communities
About the Company
Experis is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, project solutions and managed services. As the need for IT skills accelerates, we help organisations transform their digital infrastructure, enterprise applications, cloud and cyber security. Through Experis Academy, we deliver the powerful combination of in-demand technical skills together with the soft skills that are critical for business success.
Experis is part of ManpowerGroup, a Fortune 500 Global Business and world leader in innovative workforce solutions.
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