Senior GCP Platform Engineer - Cloud & IaC Leader

NCS Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia in Sydney is seeking a Senior GCP Platform Engineer to lead the design, build and maintenance of secure cloud infrastructure and modern containerized applications on Google Cloud Platform.

You will own landing zones, IaC with Terraform, and GitOps-based CI/CD, while addressing networking, security and automation. Collaboration with security, software squads and stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Enterprise GCP experience in a senior cloud engineering role.
• Advanced IaC with Terraform.
• Automation or scripting in Python or Bash.
• Deep GCP services, containers (GKE, Cloud Run), data/messaging (BigQuery, Pub/Sub).
• Networking and security mastery for GCP environments.
• CI/CD and GitOps deployment practices.
• Professional Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect/DevOps/Developer).
• Sydney-based with Australian working rights.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support core and advanced GCP solutions.
• Architect secure multi-tenant foundations and landing zones.
• Build and maintain Terraform IaC with GitOps CI/CD.
• Design secure networking, VPCs, firewalls, and DNS on GCP.
• Develop automation in Python or Bash to bridge platform ops and software workflows.
• Collaborate with security, software teams and stakeholders for delivery.

Skills

GCP

Terraform

GitOps

Python

Bash

GKE

Cloud Run

Compute Engine

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Networking

Security

CI/CD

Education

Professional Google Cloud certifications

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Job description

NCS Australia in Sydney is seeking a Senior GCP Platform Engineer to lead the design, build and maintenance of secure cloud infrastructure and modern containerized applications on Google Cloud Platform.

You will own landing zones, IaC with Terraform, and GitOps-based CI/CD, while addressing networking, security and automation. Collaboration with security, software squads and stakeholders is essential.