GCP Platform Lead | Photon | Bangalore Loction

Photon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned GCP Platform Lead to own and drive Greenfield cloud initiatives. The role focuses on leading GCP deployments, building IaC, and managing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines across UI and API apps.

The candidate will collaborate with offshore and onsite teams, ensure code quality, and stay abreast of evolving GCP services and security practices in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience with GCP.
• Minimum of 2 years hands-on experience with Terraform.
• Minimum of 2 years hands-on experience with Docker and containerization.
• Minimum of 2 years of CI/CD tools Jenkins, SonarQube.
• Proficiency in YAML and JSON is mandatory.
• Experience with GCP services like GKE, Artifact Registry, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, Cloud DNS, VPC, IAM.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing Greenfield projects in GCP for the customer.
• Support deployments across Development, Testing, UAT, Preproduction and Production.
• Develop and maintain IaC code for GCP deployments.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines for UI and API applications.
• Maintain code quality in CI pipelines with static analysis.
• Update and maintain GCP documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex GCP infra issues.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and provide daily progress updates.
• Support offshore frontend/backend teams on GCP and CI/CD issues.
• Coordinate with onsite GCP Leads for planning tasks.
• Stay updated with latest GCP features and best practices.

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS/IT

Tools

GCP

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

SonarQube

YAML/JSON

Kubernetes

JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket

Job description

Hi Greetings from PHOTON

We are recruiting for GCP PLATFORM LEAD for the Bangalore Location

Notice Period : Immediate

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced GCP Lead Platform Engineer to join our Offshore team in India and lead ongoing Greenfield projects in GCP for one of our customers.

Responsibilities

• Support ongoing application deployments in various GCP environments like Development,
• Testing, UAT, Preproduction and Production
• Develop and maintain IaC code for GCP environment deployments
• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines for the UI and API Applications
• Maintain Code Quality in the CI pipelines using Static Code Analysis tools and libraries.
• Revise and maintain documentation related to GCP
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to GCP infrastructure and services.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and provide daily updates of the work progress
• Provide support to offshore Frontend and Backend Application Development teams for GCP and CI/CD tool or pipeline related issues
• Coordinate with Onsite GCP Lead Platform Engineer(s) for planning and distributing tasks
• Stay updated with the latest GCP features, tools, and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with GCP
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Terraform
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Docker and Containerization
• Minimum of 2 years of CI/CD tools Jenkins, SonarQube
• Minimum of 2 years of Scripting experience in Bash/Shell, Groovy (for Jenkins)
• Proficiency in GCP services and concepts such as: GKE, Artifact Registry, Cloud Armor, Cloud
• Storage, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Bigtable, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Cloud Functions,
• Memorystore, Load Balancers, Cloud DNS, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Private
• Google Access, VPC Firewall rules and VPC Peering
• Excellent understanding of Networking (including VPC, VPN, and Partner interconnect),
• Security, and IAM in GCP
• Exposure to these Atlassian tools is required: JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket
• Working knowledge on YAML and JSON is mandatory
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, documentation, presentation, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Any GCP Cloud certification is a big plus
• Experience with GCP Apigee API management and Microservices architecture is a big plus
• Experience with build tools like NPM (NodeJS) and Gradle (Java) is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge about Akamai integration is highly desirable
• Experience with Dynatrace, Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring is a plus.
• Experience with Hybrid cloud environments (On-Premises and GCP)