Lead GCP Engineer - Defence Sector (MOD)

Lead Gcp Engineer

Location: Corsham, UK (Onsite, 5 days per week)

Clearance: This role requires all candidates to have an active DV clearance.

Join Europe's leading, high-growth Google Cloud consultancy. At Qodea, you'll be part of a team energised by innovation and passionate about delivering exceptional results. We craft cutting-edge solutions in data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure and security, driving digital transformation that empowers our customers to scale, modernise and lead in their industries. We're driven by ideas and powered by our people. This role sits within our sister consultancy, tmc3.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead GCP Engineer with current Developed Vetting (DV) clearance to lead and support this project with the Ministry of Defence in Corsham. This is a hands-on leadership role, responsible not only for architecting and implementing secure Google Cloud Platform environments but also for mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and ensuring delivery across critical defence programmes.

What You'll Do:

1. Lead the design, build, and optimisation of secure GCP platforms in line with MOD standards.
2. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of cloud engineers within tmc3
3. Define best practices, patterns, and standards for GCP deployments and security compliance.
4. Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) across engineering teams.
5. Partner with MOD stakeholders to shape cloud strategy and support migrations to GCP.
6. Oversee incident management, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation.
7. Produce high-quality technical documentation and present solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
8. Ensure projects are delivered on time, securely, and aligned with MOD priorities.