GCP Cloud & DevOps Engineer — Secure Gov Infra

Lightfeather Io Llc; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LightFeather is seeking a GCP Cloud/DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform, focusing on automation, security, networking, and CI/CD pipeline development.

This role offers the opportunity to shape cloud automation and infrastructure strategies in a high-security government environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Willing to obtain a security clearance.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 2 years on GCP.
• Hands-on experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM, GKE, and BigQuery.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Cloud Build.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage secure and scalable cloud infrastructure using GCP.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, Deployment Manager, or similar tools.
• Support CI/CD pipeline automation, integration, and management.
• Collaborate with software engineers, security personnel, and government stakeholders to support development and deployment workflows.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure cloud services meet SLAs.
• Implement cloud best practices and ensure compliance with federal security standards (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST).
• Provide documentation and knowledge sharing with the broader engineering team.

Skills

GCP

Cloud engineering

IaC

CI/CD

Linux

Networking

Agile/Scrum

Education

GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Deployment Manager

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Cloud Build

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

LightFeather is seeking a GCP Cloud/DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform, focusing on automation, security, networking, and CI/CD pipeline development.

This role offers the opportunity to shape cloud automation and infrastructure strategies in a high-security government environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams.