Job Description
Wipro’s dynamic approach to people, process, and technology has led them to be an industry leader for decades. Additionally, since 2006, Wipro has helped companies power their business with the cloud. We provide professional services that help enterprises move faster, rethink processes and change the way their employees work.
Were looking for a GCP Platform Engineer to work in the UK . The location for this role can be Halifax, Manchester, Bristol or Leeds. The successful candidate should have proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑train in GCP as required).
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver and maintain secure, automated GCP API Management platform capabilities, supporting both API Gateway and broader integration products.
- Enable product teams to deliver API‑first services using reusable patterns and robust integration tools.
- Develop and maintain IaC solutions for provisioning and managing Azure and GCP resources, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and compliance.
- Embed security best practices throughout the platform lifecycle to safeguard organisational and customer data.
- Define, monitor, and operate against SLOs/SLIs to ensure availability, performance, and resilience.
- Drive automation, observability enhancement, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
- Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products.
- Contribute to documentation, technical enablement, and engineering standards.
- Mentor team members and promote a culture of continuous learning.
Required Experience & Skills
- Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑train in GCP as required).
- Strong proficiency with Terraform (minimum).
- Experience with modern CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and Jenkins.
- Deep understanding of GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and API Gateway solutions.
- Familiarity with API design and security standards (REST/OpenAPI, authentication/authorisation, mTLS, certificate lifecycle management).
- Hands‑on experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and implementation of secure‑by‑design controls across platform lifecycle.
- Experience with GKE, container runtimes, and service mesh patterns (e.g., Istio).
- Ability to implement actionable observability solutions.
- Performance tuning and automation to reduce toil.
- Experience defining and operating to SLOs/SLIs.
- Proficiency in Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
- Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.
- Ability to mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and uphold platform engineering standards.
- GCP certifications are desirable.
Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.