Devops SRE

Overview

Our Cloud Engineering team is seeking a seasoned and passionate Senior Cloud Engineer with deep hands-on development and cloud engineering this role you will serve as a key technical contributor within a cloud-focused engineering team working on one of the Groups flagship initiativesdelivering a strategic platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that enables the business to realise nextgeneration services aligned with the Banks longterm vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect implement and maintain highly resilient scalable and secure Kubernetes environments on GCP.
  
• Engineer and optimise Kubernetes infrastructure to support multitenant workloads ensuring robust isolation resource efficiency and operational scalability.
  
• Design and enforce strong security controls including OPA Gatekeeper policies finegrained RBAC mTLS enforcement and secure service mesh configurations.
  
• Build maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines enabling automated testing seamless deployments and continuous integration.
  
• Diagnose and resolve complex systemlevel issues related to performance scalability networking and automation.
  
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to deliver cloudnative solutions aligned with engineering best practices and business goals.
  

Required Skills & Experience

Core Cloud & DevOps Competencies

• Extensive experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles across consumer or SaaS environments.
  
• Strong expertise in deploying and managing productiongrade Kubernetes clusters and containerised services.
  
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and Containers in live highavailability environments.
  
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automated build test and deployment workflows.
  
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python Go and Bash for automation and tooling.
  
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of engineering initiatives and drive them to successful completion.
  
• Strong experience developing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
  
• Exposure to managing the full product lifecycle of cloudnative core services.
  

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Expertise

• Hands-on experience with GCP infrastructure and services.
  
• Deep understanding of cloud networking concepts such as Hybrid Connectivity VPN NAT IPAM DNS and routing.
  
• Strong knowledge of cloud security including KMS PKI encryption standards and leastprivilege access principles.
  

Kubernetes Service Mesh & GitOps

• Experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio or Anthos for secure servicetoservice communication and observability.
  
• Competence in managing Istio telemetry sidecar injection and enforcing mTLS.
  
• Experience with Anthos Config Management GitOps-driven provisioning and Backstage GitOps workflows.
  
• Understanding of shared Kubernetes services such as CoreDNS certmanager Dynatrace Cloudability and Infoblox.
  
• Familiarity with OPA Gatekeeper for policy enforcement and tenant isolation.
  

Security Observability & Performance

• Strong security mindset with a proven track record of designing secure resilient cloud-native systems.
  
• Experience implementing observability stacks including Prometheus Dynatrace and OpenTelemetry.
  
• Deep understanding of Linux internals system performance tuning and troubleshooting.
  
• Familiarity with Aqua Security for container runtime protection.
  

CI/CD & Automation Tooling

• Hands-on experience with Harness CI/CD for secure and automated deployment workflows.
  

Professional Attributes

• Excellent verbal written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
  
• Ability to work effectively in fastpaced dynamic environments and adapt quickly to change.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on delivering highquality outcomes.