GKE Administrator

Role & responsibilities

• Provision, manage, and optimise GKE clusters including Autopilot and Standard modes across multiple environments
• Design and implement cluster networking, including VPC-native clusters, Shared VPC, and Private GKE configurations
• Manage GKE IAM, RBAC policies, and Workload Identity integration to enforce least-privilege access
• Own cluster lifecycle management: upgrades, node pool management, auto-scaling, and cost optimisation
• Define and maintain infrastructure-as-code for GKE using Terraform and Helm charts
• Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux for continuous delivery to GKE environments
• Configure and manage Kubernetes-native tooling: Ingress controllers, service mesh (Istio/Anthos), and policy controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper)
• Deliver observability solutions using Google Cloud Monitoring, Managed Prometheus, and Cloud Logging
• Automate operational tasks and cluster configuration using Ansible playbooks
• Collaborate with application teams to define workload specifications, resource quotas, and namespace governance
• Support cloud delivery activities including release planning, environment management, and go-live support

Preferred candidate profile