GCP / Kubernetes DevOps Engineer (Contract) £450+ per day (DOE) | 12 months | Outside IR35 | London (3 days onsite) We are delivering a major secure government cloud transformation and are looking for a highly experienced Cloud DevOps / Platform Engineer to help build and run a secure private cloud environment from the ground up . This is a hands-on engineering role in a highly secure, air-gapped environment where reliability, security, and automation are critical. What You'll Do Build and operate infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Strong hands-on engineering with Kubernetes (GKE) - essential Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or similar) Work in secure, disconnected / air-gapped environments Support monitoring, logging, and system reliability (SRE practices) Improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency What We're Looking For Strong commercial experience in GCP DevOps / Platform engineering Expert Kubernetes (GKE) experience - essential Strong Terraform / IaC experience Experience in secure or regulated environments Comfortable working in air-gapped / no-internet environments Good knowledge of IAM, networking, and container security Bonus Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) experience FinOps / cost optimisation experience Google Cloud certifications AI-assisted ops experience Existing DV clearance Requirements Active SC clearance (minimum) Willingness to go through DV clearance Right to work in the UK 3 days per week onsite in London - If this sounds a good fit for you p;ease send your updated CV a TPBN1\_UKTJ