GCP Test Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Experience as a Test Engineer, Cloud Test Engineer, Platform Test Engineer or in a similar role
• 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 issues
• Willingness to hold UK Security Clearance (SC) or obtain it before starting
• Willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV)
• Desirable: Google Distributed Cloud or private/air-gapped cloud experience
• Desirable: Government, defence or highly regulated sector experience
• Desirable: Python or other scripting/automation experience
• Desirable: Kubernetes platform testing experience
• Desirable: Performance, resilience or security testing experience
• Desirable: Google Cloud or testing certifications
• Desirable: Existing UK Government Security Clearance (SC or above)

Responsibilities:

• 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 practices

Technologies:

• API
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• GCP
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are offering an outside IR35 contract opportunity for a GCP Test Engineer on a temporary fixed-term basis for 18 months. The role is based in London with hybrid/remote working available. You will support testing and assurance across secure, cloud-based platforms and services, working closely with platform engineers, architects, DevSecOps and security teams to help ensure our solutions are secure, resilient, compliant and ready for deployment in highly regulated environments.

last updated 34 week of 2026