GCP Test Engineer

OUTSIDE IR35 CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY!
GCP Test Engineer
Rate: £400-£450 per day
Duration: 18 months 
Location: London (hybrid/remote) 
Location: Hybrid, London
Contract: Temporary, fixed-term, outside IR35

You must either hold UK Security Clearance (SC) or be willing to obtain it before starting. You must also be willing to undergo Developed Vetting (DV).
Please do not apply if you won't be able to obtain security clearance! 

We’re looking for a GCP Test Engineer to support testing and assurance across secure, cloud-based platforms and services.
You’ll work with platform engineers, architects, DevSecOps and security teams to ensure solutions are secure, resilient, compliant and ready for deployment in highly regulated environments.

What you’ll be doing:
Test and assure cloud platforms, infrastructure and services
Validate integrations, deployments and platform configurations
Support automated testing and CI/CD quality practices
Carry out integration, resilience and operational readiness testing
Investigate defects and support troubleshooting
Contribute to testing standards, tools and quality practicesWhat you’ll bring:
Experience as a Test Engineer, Cloud Test Engineer, Platform Test Engineer or similar
Experience testing cloud-hosted or cloud-native platforms and services
Experience in secure, regulated or government environments
Understanding of Agile, DevOps and DevSecOps
Experience with infrastructure, integration and platform testing
Experience with cloud platforms, ideally GCP
Understanding of Kubernetes, containers and Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform
Familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing
Experience across functional, integration, regression and non-functional testing
Familiarity with API/service testing
Ability to analyse defects, risks and quality issuesDesirable:
Google Distributed Cloud or private/air-gapped cloud experience
Government, defence or highly regulated sector experience
Python or other scripting/automation experience
Kubernetes platform testing
Performance, resilience or security testing experience
Google Cloud or testing certifications
Existing UK Government Security Clearance (SC or above)