GCP-Apigee

Leeds, United Kingdom | Posted on 03/17/2026

• GCPCloud
• GCPNetworking
• GCPLoad Balancer
• GCPStorage
• HashiCorpTerraform
• HashiCorpVault
• Containers
• Backstage

2. Skillsets Required

• Provenexperience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloudplatform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑trainin GCP as required).

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Strongproficiency with Terraform (minimum).
• Experiencewith modern CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and Jenkins.

API Management

• Deepunderstanding of GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and APIGateway solutions.
• Familiaritywith API design and security standards (REST/OpenAPI,authentication/authorisation, mTLS, certificate lifecycle management).

Networking & Security

• Hands‑onexperience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and implementation ofsecure‑by‑design controls across platform lifecycle.

Containers & Orchestration

• Experiencewith GKE, container runtimes, and service mesh patterns (e.g., Istio).

Automation & Observability

• Abilityto implement actionable observability solutions.
• Performancetuning and automation to reduce toil.
• Experiencedefining and operating to SLOs/SLIs.

Scripting & Tooling

• Proficiencyin Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
• Familiaritywith HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.
• Abilityto mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and upholdplatform engineering standards.

Certifications

3. SRE Role – Additional Requirements

• RelevantGCP certifications aligned to the service.
• StrongDevOps background with experience in IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform,Jenkins).
• Abilityto quickly understand, update, and write code (Python, Groovy, Bash,PowerShell).
• Demonstrableexpertise in modular, maintainable IaC design.
• Strongunderstanding of cloud security, networking, and APIs.
• Excellenttroubleshooting and problem‑solving capability.
• Hands‑onexperience with observability tooling (including Observability‑as‑Code andSLO‑based Dynatrace monitoring).
• Strongunderstanding of source‑control practices and collaborative engineering.
• Experiencedeveloping and administering Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Strongfocus on automation and toil reduction.
• Goodknowledge of incident management and issue resolution processes.
• Demonstratedpassion for continuous learning and engineering excellence.

4. Scope of Services

As Infrastructure Engineers within the Integration GCP team, responsibilities include:

Design, Build & Operate

• Deliverand maintain secure, automated GCP API Management platform capabilities,supporting both API Gateway and broader integration products.

Platform Enablement

• Enableproduct teams to deliver API‑first services using reusable patterns androbust integration tools.

Infrastructure Automation

• Developand maintain IaC solutions for provisioning and managing Azure and GCPresources, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and compliance.

Security & Compliance

• Embedsecurity best practices throughout the platform lifecycle to safeguardorganisational and customer data.

Performance & Reliability

• Define,monitor, and operate against SLOs/SLIs to ensure availability,performance, and resilience.
• Driveautomation, observability enhancement, and performance tuning to reducemanual effort and improve reliability.
• Workclosely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmapand platform products.
• Contributeto documentation, technical enablement, and engineering standards.
• Mentorteam members and promote a culture of continuous learning.

5. SRE Role – Additional Service Responsibilities

• Hands‑onengineering ownership of IaC and CI/CD pipeline‑based products andservices.
• Respondto change requests, implement enhancements, and improve reliability andcustomer experience.
• Observe,investigate, and resolve service issues using an engineering mindset –resolving issues through code, automation, and root‑cause elimination.
• Implementautomation to remove manual toil by leveraging existing cloud tooling orintegrating new technologies.

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