Cloud GCP - Senior Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer with solid Google Cloud Platform experience to join our cloud practice team. You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing GCP cloud infrastructure environments, implementing GCP-native services, automating cloud operations, and supporting the delivery of reliable and scalable GCP solutions - including hybrid cloud workloads.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provision and manage GCP infrastructure resources using Terraform (VPC, IAM, Compute, GKE, Cloud Run).
Build and maintain GCP VPC networks, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud IAM roles, and policies.
Deploy and manage containerized workloads on GKE and serverless workloads on Cloud Run.
Implement on-prem to GCP connectivity using Cloud VPN and assist with Cloud Interconnect setups.
Implement monitoring and observability using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and Datadog.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform and Python scripts.
Participate in GCP cost optimization reviews and implement rightsizing recommendations.
Support GCP security implementation including CIS benchmarks and vulnerability remediation.
Troubleshoot GCP infrastructure issues and respond to operational incidents.
Document infrastructure configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to support GCP application deployments.
Support workload migration activities from on-prem and other platforms to GCP.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS (GCP MANDATORY)

5+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - mandatory.
Working knowledge of GCP-native services: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub.
Proficiency in Terraform for GCP infrastructure automation.
Experience with GKE workload deployment and Cloud Run service management.
Understanding of GCP networking: VPC, Subnets, Firewall rules, Cloud NAT, Cloud VPN.
Experience with hybrid cloud environments and on-prem connectivity basics.
Linux system administration and shell scripting (Bash).
Basic Python scripting for automation tasks.
Experience with version control systems (Git).

PREFERRED / NICE-TO-HAVE (AWS / AZURE CONSIDERED)

Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.
Experience with CI/CD integration for GCP infrastructure deployment.
Knowledge of Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and log-based alerting.
AWS or Azure exposure (nice to have).

Mandatory Competencies