GCP Cloud Engineer

Core Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Architect, write, and maintain modular Terraform configurations to provision scalable GCP landing zones, VPCs, and computing environments.
• CI/CD Automation: Build, scale, and secure deployment pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI to automate application and infrastructure changes.
• Container & Platform Engineering: Operationalize Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run environments, optimizing for auto-scaling, resource allocation, and zero-downtime deployments.
• Observability & SRE: Implement deep logging, tracing, and metrics using Google Cloud Operations Suite (Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring) to track SLIs/SLOs and configure smart alerting.
• Configuration Management: Utilize tools like Ansible or Packer to automate golden machine images and application configurations.
• Technical Leadership: Lead complex cloud-native migration strategies, champion DevOps best practices across development teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 5 to 10+ years in IT infrastructure, systems administration, or DevOps, with 3+ years of dedicated, hands-on production experience in Google Cloud Platform.
• Technical Stack:
• Cloud Platform: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (Expert level)
• CI/CD & Containers: Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, GKE, Helm
• Scripting/Coding: Python, Bash, or Go
• Linux Systems: Strong background in Linux administration, networking protocols, and OS internals
• Education & Certifications: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience. Active Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certifications are highly preferred.