Senior DevSecOps Engineer – GCP

Senior DevSecOps Engineer – GCP (FinTech Scale-Up)

An innovative financial technology company is looking to hire a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to strengthen their security foundations across GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD and compliance automation. This is a high-impact role where you’ll influence engineering standards, tooling, and security culture across the organisation.

The Role

As Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will take ownership of embedding security into every stage of the SDLC.

You will be responsible for

Owning and integrating security tooling across cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines

Designing and enforcing automated security guardrails and policies

Hardening and securing GCP environments (IAM, networking, resource configuration)

Automating compliance checks and translating regulatory requirements into technical controls

Leading vulnerability management and coordinating remediation with engineering teams

Building secure “golden path” deployment templates for developers

Supporting incident response activities and improving security readiness

What You’ll Bring

Deep hands-on experience designing and securing infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Strong understanding of API security and secure design patterns

Expert knowledge of Kubernetes security (ideally GKE): network policies, runtime security, secrets management

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or OpenTofu)

Experience with security tooling such as Aqua, Falco, Prisma Cloud or similar CSPM/CWPP solutions

Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Golang or Shell)

Proven experience building secure, robust CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)

Nice to Have

Experience working in regulated environments (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DORA, etc.)

Relevant certifications such as GCP Security Engineer, CKS, CISSP

Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the London office

If you’re passionate about secure cloud engineering and want to make a real impact in a scaling FinTech, we’d love to hear from you.