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

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