GCP Test Engineer

Role: GCP Test Engineer

Contract: 12 months initially

Rate: £400/day (Outside IR35)

Start Date: ASAP

Location: London (3 days onsite)

Clearance: Active SC or DV clearance required (UK national, DV eligible)

Overview

We’re seeking a GCP Test Engineer to support testing and assurance of secure cloud platforms within a government transformation programme. The role focuses on validating cloud-native services, infrastructure, and integrations in restricted, high‑assurance environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Support testing and assurance of cloud-hosted and cloud-native platforms
• Validate infrastructure, deployments, configurations, and integrations
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices
• Support integration, regression, resilience, and operational readiness testing
• Analyse defects, risks, and system issues in complex environments
• Work closely with DevSecOps, platform engineers, and architects
• Contribute to test standards, tooling, and continuous improvement
• Support API and service-level testing across cloud platforms

Required Experience

• Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices
• Experience with integration, infrastructure, and API testing
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing approaches
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containers, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g. Terraform)
• Experience working in secure or regulated environments (government preferred)
• Ability to analyse defects and support root‑cause analysis
• Exposure to Google Distributed Cloud or air‑gapped environments
• Experience with automation frameworks or scripting (e.g. Python)
• Performance, resilience, or security testing experience
• Cloud or testing certifications

Clearance

Must hold active SC or DV clearance. Must be UK national and DV eligible.

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