DevOps Engineer

Were looking for a DevOps Engineer (GCP) who thrives at the intersection of automation, reliability, and cloud architecture . Youll play a critical role in shaping a secure, scalable, and highly available Google Cloud ecosystem , enabling engineering teams to ship faster and safer.

This is a hands‑on role with real ownership — from infrastructure design to production reliability — where your decisions directly impact system performance, cost efficiency, and developer velocity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and fault‑tolerant GCP infrastructure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
• Ensure consistent Dev, Staging, and Production environments through robust Terraform state management and best practices.
• Operate and optimise Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters and core compute services including Compute Engine and Cloud Run .
• Architect and manage end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Jenkins, GitLab CI) to automate testing, artefact creation, and deployments.
• Embed security scanning, compliance checks, and quality gates into pipelines to support a strong DevSecOps culture.
• Implement and maintain observability frameworks across GCP using Cloud Monitoring & Logging , Prometheus , and Grafana .
• Define, track, and report SLIs and SLOs to balance reliability with delivery speed.
• Participate in on‑call rotations , lead deep Root Cause Analysis (RCA) , and drive preventative improvements after incidents.
• Design and manage IAM policies following the principle of least privilege .
• Implement network security controls including VPC design, firewall rules, Cloud Armor , and encryption standards.
• Manage application secrets and credentials using Google Secret Manager or HashiCorp Vault .
• Proactively monitor cloud spend and identify cost‑optimisation opportunities without compromising performance.
• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning across GCP services.
• Mentor development teams on DevOps best practices and GCP architecture .
• Maintain high‑quality technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures .

Requirements

• 2+ years experience as a DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer , with demonstrable hands‑on expertise in Google Cloud Platform .
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform for managing complex, production‑scale GCP infrastructure.
• Strong experience running Kubernetes in production , preferably GKE .
• Solid scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling.
• Deep understanding of GCP networking : VPCs, load balancing, peering, DNS, CDN, VPN/Interconnect.
• Experience managing GCP managed databases such as Cloud SQL, BigQuery, or Spanner .
• GCP Certifications , such as: Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Experience with advanced observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Hands‑on knowledge of configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices (SAST, DAST, container vulnerability management).
• Exceptional problem‑solving and analytical thinking in high‑pressure environments.
• Clear, confident communication skills — able to translate complex technical topics for diverse stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset with experience mentoring engineers and leading small technical initiatives.
• Proven experience with cloud migration projects (on‑prem or multi‑cloud to GCP).
• Strong exposure to serverless architectures (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, App Engine).
• Hands‑on FinOps experience on GCP , using Billing Reports, Recommenders, or Cost Management APIs.
• Advanced database experience with PostgreSQL on Cloud SQL , Cloud Spanner , or BigQuery .
• Experience implementing advanced security controls using Security Command Centre (SCC) or Cloud Armor (WAF/DDoS protection) .