GCP Senior DevOps Consultant – London – Contract

DevOps / DevSecOps Engineers – Harness, Ansible & Cloud Security

Location: London, Manchester, Leeds or Halifax
Contract: 12 months (DevOps Platform Engineer); DevSecOps duration to be confirmed
Working Model: Hybrid – onsite requirements vary by role

We are recruiting experienced engineers for two exciting opportunities within a large UK financial services environment.

These are separate positions, and candidates may apply for either role depending on their technical expertise.

Role 1: Lead Cloud Security & DevSecOps Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Security and DevSecOps Engineer to develop and automate security controls across enterprise cloud environments.

Key Requirements:

• Strong Terraform and infrastructure-as-code experience.

• Hands-on OPA/Rego policy-as-code development.

• Azure Policy and GCP security governance, including IAM and organisation policies.

• Wiz CNAPP/CSPM experience.

• Python development for security automation and API integrations.

• CI/CD security integration, automated scanning and compliance controls.

• Experience delivering cloud security solutions in regulated environments.

• Exposure to AI/LLM-driven security automation, including tool calling, policy generation and MCP.

Location: London

Role 2: DevOps Platform engineer – Harness & Ansible

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to build and manage centralised enterprise CI/CD and automation services.

Key Requirements:

• Advanced Harness CI/CD administration, including pipeline-as-code and template management.

• Strong Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and Ansible Core experience.

• Development of reusable Ansible Playbooks, Roles and Collections.

• Experience managing centralised automation platforms supporting large engineering organisations.

• Docker and Kubernetes experience.

• Ansible inventory management, execution environments and RBAC.

• Security guardrails, secrets management and automated compliance scanning.

• API integration with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, GitHub/GitLab and monitoring platforms.

• Strong platform-as-a-product mindset and technical documentation skills.

Location: Leeds, Halifax, Manchester or London
Working Model: Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week
Duration: 12 months

Why Apply?

• Work on enterprise-scale technology and engineering initiatives.

• Contribute to cloud security, automation and platform transformation.

• Collaborate with experienced engineering teams in a regulated environment.

How to Apply

Please submit your latest CV and indicate which position you are applying for:

Role 1 – Lead Cloud Security & DevSecOps Engineer

or

Role 2 – DevOps Platform engineer (Harness & Ansible)

Candidates with relevant experience in either specialism are encouraged to apply. You do not need to meet the requirements of both roles.