Cloud Engineer (GCP)

GavinHeath; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech industry seeks a GCP Cloud Engineer for a contract role in Denver. The ideal candidate will be responsible for deploying application hosting environments and collaborating with the Cloud Architect to maintain effective cloud services. Strong experience with GCP and Infrastructure as Code is required, along with scripting skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell. This position offers opportunities for advancement within a structured DevOps team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure development experience with hands-on GCP.
• 5+ years of IaC experience, preferably with Terraform.
• Experience automating CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Implement designs and standards provided by Cloud Architect.
• Provision application hosting environments and monitor/report.
• Drive continuous improvement and lifecycle management.

Skills

Infrastructure development

GCP foundation services

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting in Python

Scripting in Bash

Scripting in PowerShell

Education

Google Foundational certification

Professional Cloud Architect certification

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Cloud Engineer (GCP)

GavinHeath is partnering with a client in Denver, CO looking to add a GCP Cloud Engineer to their team. The role is a CONTRACT position.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for implementing the designs and standards provided by the Cloud Architect and established by the Cloud Operations team as a whole and deploying application hosting environments using repeatable templates/tools/processes, with a primary focus on the GCP cloud platform within a DevOps structured team and methodology.
• Based on guidance by the Cloud Architect, configurations, automation, and tools that will allow cloud services to be consumed in an efficient manner should be established.
• Serve as the primary resource assigned to projects targeted for cloud deployment.
• Responsible for provisioning the application hosting environments and associated monitoring and reporting to accomplish project objectives while acting as the primary infrastructure point of contact on such projects.
• Responsible for crafting, publishing, socializing, and overseeing adherence to the standards they establish and modifying them to achieve the strategic goals of the client, and the tactical needs of the applications deployed to the cloud.
• Drive continuous improvement within the CloudOps team, as well as lifecycle management and exploration into evolving cloud-based solutions.
• Handle the day-to-day interactions with vendors partnered with to help meet work unit and organizational objectives.
• Required to participate in a weekly after-hours on-call rotation.
• While on call, the Engineer will need to be available to assist in troubleshooting or resolve any production break-fix issues after hours.
• Configure and deploy VPC environments and cloud instances as designed by the Cloud Architect to meet the needs across all hosted workloads
• Evaluate and collaborate with NetSecOps team to establish security controls necessary to meet policy and standards from the CISO, ideally in a templated and automated manner
• Analyze and recommend new GCP capabilities for consideration for adoption
• Manage users/orgs/groups/access within the cloud platform, based on requirements defined by IAM team
• Create monitoring and reporting capabilities to meet management needs of cloud platform
• Define and document standards and procedures (SOPs) for consumption of IaaS (via IaC), PaaS, and SaaS on GCP
• Communicate/advocate capabilities of the cloud platform to drive adoption
• Act as Tier-2 escalation point for on-call/break-fix efforts, to diagnose and resolve incidents and problems with cloud-based systems
• Work with NetSecOps resources to ensure network security policy is established in a consistent, repeatable and automated manner

Qualifications :

• At least five (5) years of infrastructure development experience with hands-on experience with GCP foundation services related to computing, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, and automation technologies.
• At least five (5) years of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience in Terraform or similar.
• Deep domain expertise in cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers, and Infrastructure as code technology), breadth of technical experience, and technical aptitude to learn and adjust to new technologies and cloud trends required.
• Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments are required.
• Experience with automated Continuous Integration/Delivery
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell
• Google Foundational certification
• PREFERRED:
  • Professional Cloud Architect certification
  • Experience with Terraform
  • Experience with Azure DevOps

GavinHeath is an equal opportunity employer. GavinHeath will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, creed, ancestry, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.