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Principal GCP Engineer

United Kingdom, London · Job Posted January 18, 2026
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As a Principal GCP Engineer, you'll be a true subject matter expert for delivering ingenious solutions on the Google Cloud Platform. You'll have expertise in architecture and will feel comfortable leading higher level architectural discussions. Using your experience of the DevSecOps processes, it’s likely you’ll own the overall process across a team, or multiple teams, building strong principles and putting robust methods and patterns in place. You will be comfortable having conversations with the client regularly, being one of the main points of engagement between the client and the project. Coaching and mentoring the team will be important in the role. You will help shape proposals (working with a bid team) and will leverage your technical skills to articulate appropriate solutions and may present these during a formal selection process. You'll play an active role in technical account management.

Job Responsibility

  • Set direction and take responsibility for successfully achieving an outcome or deliverable
  • Lead a development team or work across multiple teams
  • Lead higher level architectural discussions
  • Own the overall DevSecOps process across a team or multiple teams
  • Be a main point of engagement with the client
  • Coach and mentor the team
  • Help shape proposals and articulate appropriate solutions
  • Play an active role in technical account management
  • Design ingenious GCP-enabled solutions and services for clients

Requirements

  • Professional experience with knowledge of: Cloud Functions, Cloud Run
  • Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine
  • VPCs, Service Perimeters
  • Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Firestore
  • API Endpoints, Apigee, API Gateway
  • Vertex AI, Model Garden, ADK and Agent Engine
  • Security Command Centre, IAP, IAM
  • Sound understanding of: Microservices patterns
  • Event-driven architectures and message queues
  • Relational and non-relational databases
  • Development and/or scripting experience (e.g. Python, Node, Bash)
  • Secured, hardened
  • Knowledge of other cloud platforms
  • Automation DevOps experience using Google tech like Cloud Build and open source tech like terraform

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of other cloud platforms
  • Automation DevOps experience using Google tech like Cloud Build and open source tech like terraform

What we offer

  • Private healthcare for you and your family
  • 25 days annual leave plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
  • Generous company pension scheme
  • Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • PA share ownership
  • Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
  • Budget for courses (technical and non-technical training) and certifications
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