Senior Firebase Platform Engineer (GCP)

BDO; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 84,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Canada’s Google Cloud Advisory Practice is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer focusing on Google Firebase to design, build, and scale cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform. You will implement reusable Firebase onboarding, automation, and Day 2 operating capabilities for enterprise teams in a regulated banking environment.

You will work with architects, managers, and client stakeholders to promote secure, IAM-controlled Firebase platform modules across DEV, staging, and production,

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in software development, cloud consulting, application architecture, or cloud engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience building shared platform services, onboarding templates, and repeatable patterns for multiple application teams.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code discipline, including modular Terraform design, versioning, release controls, and environment promotion.
• Enterprise CI/CD delivery experience, including gated deployments, validation workflows, artifact/module release processes, and deployment evidence.
• Experience working within formal change-management and ITSM processes, including controlled promotion to staging and production environments.
• Security-first engineering mindset, including IAM, API key controls, usage restrictions, vulnerability considerations, and audit-ready documentation.
• Familiarity with enterprise cloud governance, naming conventions, environment structures, access controls, and standard operating procedures.
• Ability to work with architecture, security, networking, mobile engineering, marketing/product, and operations stakeholders.
• Experience designing or supporting Day 2 operations, including support models, intake processes, runbooks, monitoring, alerts, and recurring maintenance activities.
• Comfort working in regulated environments where documentation, traceability, approvals, and operational handoff are essential.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly and support review by client architects, cloud governance teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Strong written communication, including detailed implementation notes, module documentation, planning artifacts, and ticket-level updates.
• Ability to stabilize Terraform modules and operational processes after initial DEV delivery and before staging/production promotion.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain Terraform modules for Firebase platform capabilities.
• Implement reusable onboarding patterns, templates, and checklists for mobile teams.
• Configure and promote Firebase platform modules through DEV, staging, and production environments.
• Integrate Firebase with enterprise cloud services and related platform dependencies.
• Support secure project and environment setup, including IAM and API key scoping.
• Build and maintain pipeline automation, release processes, and QA for Firebase components.
• Define Day 2 operational processes, monitoring, and runbooks.
• Provide knowledge transfer to engineering and operations teams.

Skills

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Firebase

CI/CD

IAM/Security

Terraform Modules

Day 2 Operations

Documentation

Tools

GCP Console

Firebase Console

Job description

BDO Canada’s Google Cloud Advisory Practice is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer focusing on Google Firebase to design, build, and scale cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform. You will implement reusable Firebase onboarding, automation, and Day 2 operating capabilities for enterprise teams in a regulated banking environment.

You will work with architects, managers, and client stakeholders to promote secure, IAM-controlled Firebase platform modules across DEV, staging, and production,