GCP Cloud Engineer

Hermitage Infotech; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hermitage Infotech in Wilmington, DE, is seeking a GCP Cloud Engineer for an onsite, hybrid role with 3 days per week in the office. This 6-month contract-to-hire position requires hands-on experience running GCP in production and designing infrastructure with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and security controls.

You will own cloud architecture decisions, govern IaC standards, and drive security and observability across projects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience operating GCP in production.
• Terraform IaC experience with reusable modules and standards.
• Ownership of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern cloud infrastructure designs and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive security, observability, and compliance across projects.

Skills

GCP production

Terraform IaC

CI/CD pipelines

GKE

Cloud Run

Networking & IAM

Security controls

Observability

GitOps

Architecture review

Root cause analysis

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We have a new GCP Cloud Engineer opening with our client in Wilmington, DE – MUST be onsite for hybrid 3 days/week (that is the challenge).

Length: 6-month CTH

US Work Status: Preferably US Citizens and GC holders

Location: 3 days onsite weekly in Wilmington, DE

Required Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on experience operating Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in production, including services such as Cloud Run, GKE, VPC networking, and Secret Manager.
• 2+ years of experience designing and governing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, including reusable module development and organizational standards.
• Demonstrated experience owning CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for cloud-native workloads.
• Need the architecture experience
• Deep technical expertise in Google Cloud Platform, including networking, IAM, Cloud Run, GKE, security controls, and observability.
• Strong understanding of enterprise cloud security, segmentation, and blast-radius reduction strategies.
• Expert-level Terraform proficiency, including state management, module versioning, and GitOps-based workflows.
• Ability to confidently challenge designs, push back on stakeholders when needed, and defend technical decisions in security- and compliance-sensitive environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across cloud, network, and identity domains.

Bonus

• Any level of Azure experience would be a huge plus
• Someone who is strong in both Azure and GCP would be their perfect candidate
• Some security knowledge would be a nice to have
• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certification (required).

Additional Certifications

• Terraform Associate or equivalent infrastructure-as-code certification (required).
• Microsoft Azure Administrator or Solutions Architect certification (preferred; secondary platform).