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GCP Finops Engineer

GCP Finops Engineer

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Newport, United kingdom

Mid level

Freelance

24-02-2026

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Skills

Communication SQL Kubernetes Stakeholder Management Problem-solving Analytics GCP

Job Specifications

New Exciting Opportunity for GCP FinOps Engineer

Location: Newport, UK

Contract Duration: 6 Months

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced GCP FinOps Engineer to optimise cloud spend, performance, and operational efficiency across large-scale data analytics and containerised workloads. You will work closely with engineering, data, and product teams to embed cost-efficient architectures, enforce financial governance, and implement best practices across Google Cloud environments.

Key Skills / Knowledge

5+ years of hands-on experience in Google Cloud.
Strong understanding of GCP data services, including indexing, slots, pruning, partitioning, and clustering.
Expert-level Kubernetes & GKE resource tuning.
Hands-on experience with Dataflow pipelines and worker optimisation.
Strong Airflow/Composer knowledge (DAG design, scheduling, PodOperator).
Deep understanding of Cloud Logging, routing, sinks, and exclusion filters.
Experience with Cloud Spanner autoscaling, indexing, and schema optimisation.
Cloud SQL performance tuning and indexing.
Ability to analyse billing data, resource consumption, and quantify cost savings.
Experience using GCP Cost Explorer, Recommender API, and Billing Export.
Build dashboards, alerts, and budget guardrails for cost governance.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to collaborate across engineering, data, and product teams.
Structured problem-solving mindset; ownership-driven, proactive, and independent.

About the Company

We are an independent recruitment consultancy driven to provide an excellent service to our clients and candidates. We take pride in our service and delivery and have built strong, transparent relationships with all our customers. How we can help you: If you're looking to resource an entire project or to fill one strategic position, please get in touch on 020 3887 8700 / 0117 403 8888 or email your requirements to hello@macleanmoore.com - we pride ourselves on our speed of response and are looking forward to hearing from... Know more