IG Group

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (GCP)

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4 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and drive infrastructure standardization initiatives.
  • Build, optimize, and maintain infrastructure deployment pipelines while supporting DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
  • Operate and evolve GCP data platform services including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, and Pub/Sub.
  • Design IAM and service-account access controls, enforce least-privilege principles, and improve the platform security posture.
  • Lead incident response and root-cause analysis, participate in the on-call rota, and reduce recurring platform issues.
  • Develop and maintain the internal developer platform through catalog entries, scaffolder templates, and accurate TechDocs.
  • Onboard data engineering and ML engineering services and pipelines into the platform catalog with correct ownership and metadata.
  • Use AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code for infrastructure authoring, code review, and documentation.
  • Collaborate with finance, compliance, BI, data science, data engineering, and ML engineering stakeholders to translate needs into platform decisions.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
  • Hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms in GCP at production scale.
  • Working knowledge of networking concepts and services including VPC, VPCSC, and Direct Connect, plus IaaS and PaaS architectural patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and multi-environment configuration management across cloud providers.
  • Experience building and maintaining GitLab pipelines, runners, and merge request workflows.
  • Experience with Cloud IAM, access-control design, least-privilege principles, and security best practices.
  • Experience working as a platform provider with data or ML engineering teams and making infrastructure usable.
  • Ability to work consultatively with non-technical stakeholders, interpret requirements, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes.
  • AWS exposure, Backstage experience, data platform knowledge, Databricks experience, and professional use of AI coding assistants are preferred.
  • Experience in regulated financial services environments is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities, and career progression.
  • Flexible Benefits Package worth 12% on top of salary.
  • Private medical cover for the employee and family, life insurance, and gym membership contributions.
  • Twenty-five days of holiday plus a birthday day and two additional voluntary-work days, for 28 days total, with the option to buy or sell holiday days.
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning.
  • Global and local onboarding support.
  • Employee-led inclusion networks and support for ESG initiatives.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental pay and leave.
  • The role has one opening.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowAWSDatabricksdbtGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformTerraform

Categories

Data EngineeringDevOps
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