About the Team
The Platform Engineering and Infrastructure Team is responsible for building and operating Dyson's cloud platforms across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The team provides foundational capabilities including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, developer enablement services, Infrastructure as Code, cloud networking, observability, security guardrails, and automation frameworks.
The team partners with engineering teams across Dyson to deliver secure, scalable, and easy-to-use cloud platforms. By leveraging automation and modern cloud technologies, we help teams innovate faster, reduce operational overhead, and focus on building great products.
About the Role
As a Platform Engineer, Google Cloud Platform, you will:
• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and shared platform services on GCP.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and platform automation tooling.
• Build and operate Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native services.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and platform integrations.
• Support cloud networking, identity management, observability, and operational tooling.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement governance, compliance, and security controls.
• Monitor platform health, availability, performance, and operational reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in incident response and continuous improvement activities.
• Create reusable templates, standards, and self-service capabilities that improve developer experience.
• Partner with architects and engineering teams to enable adoption of cloud best practices.
• Support cloud cost optimization initiatives and contribute to platform efficiency improvements.
• Produce technical documentation, operational runbooks, and platform standards.
About You
You will likely possess:
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience building and operating solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong knowledge of GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, IAM, VPC, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and Cloud Monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native technologies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Understanding of cloud security, networking, identity management, and governance principles.
• Experience with Linux administration and scripting using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with a passion for automation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across globally distributed teams.
Desirable Experience
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Engineer or related certifications.
• Experience operating platforms in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
• Exposure to FinOps and cloud cost optimization practices.
• Experience with cloud platform engineering, developer platforms, or Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).
• Familiarity with platform security, policy-as-code, and cloud governance frameworks.
Key Behaviors
• Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability.
• Continuously seeks opportunities to automate and improve.
• Maintains a customer-first mindset when building platform services.
• Collaborates effectively across engineering and business teams.
• Embraces learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
