GCP Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer (GCP / IAM / Encryption) - Contract Rate: £600 day Outside IR35 Location: London - hybrid (3 days onsite) - Non negotable Duration: 12 month Clearance: Active SC, willingness for DV Overview Join a high-impact programme delivering secure, large-scale cloud infrastructure within a UK government environment. You'll help design and secure a private/distributed cloud platform supporting critical national services. Key Responsibilities Design & implement secure workloads in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) / GCP (GDC experience not necessarily needed but would be strongly desired) Build and manage IAM architectures (SSO, MFA, privileged access lifecycle) Enforce least privilege via resource hierarchies, policies, and constraints Configure network security controls (firewalls, WAF, service perimeters) Deliver data protection & encryption (KMS, CMEK/EKM, sensitive data handling) Secure CI/CD pipelines with vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement Requirements Strong...