GCP, Devops Professional

Role Overview

The role involves designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), optimizing Kubernetes clusters, implementing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security and compliance, and collaborating with development teams to enable efficient cloud operations.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure infrastructure on GCP.
• Implement best practices for IAM, VPCs, Cloud Storage, Clickhouse, Superset, Apache tools onboarding, and other GCP services.

Kubernetes and Containerization

• Manage and optimize GKE clusters for containerized applications.
• Implement Kubernetes best practices, including pod scaling, resource allocation, and security policies.

CI/CD Pipelines

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, Stratus, GitLab CI/CD, or ArgoCD.
• Automate deployment workflows for containerized and serverless applications.

Security and Compliance

• Ensure adherence to GCP security best practices, including IAM policies, network security, and data encryption.
• Conduct audits to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.

Collaboration and Support

• Work closely with development teams to containerize applications and enable smooth deployment on GCP.
• Provide support for troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure-related issues.

Cost Optimization

• Monitor and optimize GCP resource usage for cost efficiency.
• Implement strategies to reduce cloud spend without compromising performance.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Certifications

• Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification.

Cloud Expertise

• Hands-on experience with GCP services, including GKE, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and Cloud Pub/Sub.

DevOps Tools

• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Stratus, GitLab CI/CD, Cloud Build.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker.

Kubernetes Expertise

• Strong knowledge of pods, deployments, services, ingress, config maps, and secrets.
• Familiarity with kubectl, Helm, and Kustomize.

Programming and Scripting

• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Familiarity with YAML and JSON for configuration management.

Monitoring and Logging

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or Google Cloud Operations Suite.

Networking

• Understanding of cloud networking concepts including VPCs, subnets, firewalls, and load balancers.