GCP Engineer

GCP Cloud Data Engineer (Contract)

Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | Immediate Start

We are seeking 3 experienced GCP Cloud Engineers with strong Data Engineering expertise to join a high-profile public sector data transformation programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud and data platform, helping to enhance existing services, improve data quality, and support the migration of critical datasets and applications within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Role Overview

• Contract Type: Outside IR35
• Location: Fully Remote (UK-based)
• Duration: Initial 6 month contract
• Start Date: ASAP
• Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain security clearance
• Level: Mid to Senior

The Opportunity

You will join an established team working on an existing GCP environment, contributing across both cloud engineering and data engineering disciplines.

Key responsibilities include:

• Migrating services, applications and datasets into appropriate GCP environments.
• Supporting data platform enhancement and optimisation initiatives.
• Improving data quality through validation, automation and coding solutions.
• Developing data export capabilities to ensure compatibility with current and future platforms.
• Enhancing and extending existing cloud services rather than building greenfield solutions.
• Supporting future cloud and platform migration activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

We're particularly keen to speak with engineers who can demonstrate a blend of GCP cloud engineering and data engineering experience.

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Extensive BigQuery experience (highest priority)
• Data engineering, migration and integration expertise
• Cloud engineering and DevOps practices within GCP
• Experience designing, building and optimising cloud-native data solutions

Highly Desirable

• Cloud Run
• Cloud Storage
• Dataflow
• Infrastructure automation and deployment within GCP
• Data pipeline development and optimisation

• Experience delivering projects within government, regulated organisations or the wider public sector environment.

Interested in hearing more? Please get in touch with Rebecca Long on 0117 332 8100 / r.long @ ioassociates.co.uk