DevOps Engineer (GCP) for IAM Transformation

Job Title: DevOps Engineer (GCP) – IAM

Contract: Initial 6 months

Location: Remote

Engagement: Consultancy client supporting a leading Financial Services organisation

Overview

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer (GCP) to support the delivery and operation of enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities within a large-scale financial services environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a major IAM transformation programme, helping to modernise and enhance identity services through automation, cloud technologies, and DevSecOps best practices.

You will play a key role in building and maintaining secure, scalable IAM platforms, working closely with architects, security teams, and application owners across a complex, global organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IAM components, including policies, connectors, microservices, and integrations
• Enable automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployments across DEV, TEST, and PROD environments
• Drive continuous improvement of IAM release processes and deployment efficiency
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
• Ensure consistent, repeatable environments aligned with architectural and compliance standards
• Develop automation for identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, and system integrations
• Deploy IAM and related services across Kubernetes, cloud-native, and serverless platforms
• Manage containerisation, service mesh integrations, certificates, and secrets
• Embed security into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. vulnerability scanning, secrets detection, code quality checks)
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to align with Zero Trust principles and IAM security policies

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• Work closely with IAM architects, platform teams, and application owners on design and integration
• Produce and maintain documentation for pipelines, IaC, and operational processes

Key Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform (including GCP provisioning and policy-as-code)
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Expertise in containerisation and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Helm/Kustomize
• Proven experience in CI/CD engineering, including pipeline design, automation, and deployment strategies
• Experience with data streaming platforms such as Kafka or Pub/Sub
• Exposure to graph platforms (e.g. Neo4j), including backup, recovery, and observability
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, IAM, and compliance
• Experience in release engineering, governance, and change management
• Knowledge of regionalisation, failover strategies, and data residency requirements

Desirable Experience

• Familiarity with AWS and Azure environments

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• Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM) and enterprise IAM solutions

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, security, and operations teams
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments (Jira, Service Desk tools)
• Comfortable working in large, global, and fast-paced organisations
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to learning new technologies
• Ability to work across multiple time zones and in culturally diverse teams

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to contribute to a large-scale IAM transformation programme
• Work with modern cloud, DevOps, and security technologies
• Fully remote role with exposure to global teams and enterprise-scale systems
• Fast-paced, high-impact environment within financial services

If you’re a DevOps Engineer with a strong background in GCP, IAM, and automation—and you enjoy working on complex, high-scale platforms—this role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact.