Finance
Senior GCP VDC Network Engineer – Contract - Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh
Manchester, United Kingdom20% remoteFreelanceasap
Posted by
DCV Technologies
Contact person
Marcillina Tietjen
Project ID
2962340
AutomationCloud ComputingContinuous IntegrationData CentersFinanceGithubSubnettingVirtual Private Networks (VPN)Python (Programming Language)Network ArchitectureNetwork PerformanceRoutingPeeringNetwork SwitchesGoogle CloudFirewalls (Computer Science)Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)Safety PrinciplesTerraformJenkins
Description
Dear Consultant,
We are seeking experienced Senior GCP VDC Network Engineers to design, engineer, and modernise enterprise-scale Google Cloud network platforms within a major UK financial services environment. Send CV to (marcillina.tietjen@dcvtechnologies.co.uk) if you are interested
Locations: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh
Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week
Contract: 6 months
Key Responsibilities
• Design and manage GCP Virtual Data Center (VDC) network architecture
• Configure VPCs, subnets, firewalls, routing, and peering
• Implement hybrid connectivity (Cloud VPN, Interconnect)
• Build network infrastructure using Terraform / Terraform Cloud
• Automate provisioning using Python scripting
• Integrate network deployments into CI/CD pipelines
• Enforce GCP Organization Policies and policy-as-code (Sentinel/OPA)
• Optimise network performance, reliability, and security
• Support migration to reusable network templates
• Troubleshoot complex GCP network issues
Essential Skills
• Strong GCP Networking (VPC, firewall, routing, peering)
• Hybrid connectivity (Cloud VPN, Interconnect)
• Terraform / Terraform Cloud (IaC)
• Python automation
• CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub, Harness)
• GCP Organization Policy & policy-as-code (Sentinel/OPA)
• GCP Certification (Professional Cloud Network Engineer preferred)