DevOps Engineer

Primis Talent — United Kingdom · Posted ~2 hours ago

Mid Full-time Remote £70000

Skills

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Kubernetes GKE Datadog GitOps Cloud infrastructure DevOps operations Terraform GCP FluxCD

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A remote DevOps Engineer role focused on operating and improving cloud-based platforms. The position involves managing Kubernetes environments, implementing GitOps workflows, enhancing monitoring capabilities, and supporting secure, reliable infrastructure.

Highlights

Remote DevOps opportunity working with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, monitoring solutions, and platform improvements in a mature technology environment.

Description

GCP DevOps Engineer £70,000 Remote This is a new opportunity to join a well-established retail business with a large, mature Google Cloud estate across multiple environments. As a GCP DevOps Engineer, you'll be a dedicated resource working alongside the existing platform team. You'll be responsible for the day-to-day DevOps operation of the in-cluster platform and workload layer across their GKE estate. This role suits a hands-on DevOps Engineer with deep GCP and Kubernetes experience and strong Datadog skills. It isn't a firefighting role. You'll build on a solid platform by developing the Datadog monitoring estate, keeping security and CVE standards high, and acting as a technical adviser to the platform team on platform-layer improvements. Key Responsibilities Run, maintain and upgrade in-cluster platform tooling, including FluxCDDeploy workloads through GitOps and troubleshoot deployment and platform issuesScale and right-size workloads, and provision namespaces and environmentsAudit and improve Datadog by cutting alert noise, closing coverage gaps and building dashboardsLink runbooks to alerts and set up notification routing for P1 escalation pathsFix High and Critical CVEs within a 14-day target and maintain base imagesReview Security Command Center findings and keep a clear audit trail for complianceWrite runbooks and documentation, and escalate to third-party partners where neededTake part in monthly and quarterly service reviews Tech Stack 5 years+100% Google Cloud Platform (no AWS or Azure)Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, Compute EngineKubernetes operations, workload scaling and right-sizing (HPA)Datadog monitors, alert tuning, dashboards, notification routing and runbook integrationGitOps with FluxCD and CI/CD workflowsIaC with Terraform / Config ConnectorContainerisation with Docker, CVE patching and image lifecycle managementGoogle Cloud Security Command CenterGit and Linux Nice to Have Consulting or client-facing experienceGoogle Chronicle / SecOpsScripting in Python, NodeJS, C# or PHPGCP cost optimisationGoogle Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud DevOps Engineer certification Please apply directly or email your CV to beth.lees@primis-talent.com GCP DevOps GKE DataDog