Google Cloud Platform Engineer - Gen AI

Contract Job Title: Google Cloud Platform Engineer - Gen AI

Contract Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length : Initially 3-6 months, with potential opportunity to convert to a permanent employee at Deloitte

Contract Classification: Inside IR35

Contract Location: London. Onsite - 5 days a week

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for day-to-day operations and incident response.
• Design and implement secure, scalable GCP infrastructure and services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Terraform.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and compliance teams to maintain GCP security guardrails and best-practice configurations.
• Contribute to the ongoing design and development of the GCP landing zone to ensure evergreen architecture, automation, and resilience.
• Help teams understand component design and reuse
• Support design decisions to enable approval across the bank and establish standards
• Turn complex challenges into scalable technical solutions and guide production readiness

Required Skills & Experience

• Must have proven experience managing and operating Google Cloud Platform environments at scale.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, and integrations.
• Strong understanding of GCP architecture, networking, IAM, and security fundamentals.
• Experience working with Cloud Operations, Monitoring, and Cost Management tools.
• Collaborative mindset and experience working within Agile or DevOps teams.