GCP Engineer

Apex Systems; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Cloud Engineer with a software-development background to design, deploy and maintain cloud environments and managed services. You will work with Java/Python code, configure and monitor cloud applications, and leverage observability tools like Dynatrace and Splunk.

Preferred candidates have Ford experience and a strong understanding of cloud platforms, security, and cost optimization. The role emphasizes automation, Terraform, and Kubernetes management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 4+ years IT experience, 3+ years in development.
• 3+ years of experience with Java and Python.
• Prior automotive experience preferred; automotive development processes understood.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and optimize cloud environments and platforms aligned with enterprise architecture and security requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, security teams, and product teams to deliver scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor usage and scale IT resources to meet demand and ensure high availability.
• Develop automation scripts and IaC templates for configuring resources including IAM, VPC, gateways, SSL, and Kubernetes clusters.

Skills

GCP

Dynatrace

Splunk

Java

Python

API

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Position Description

Employees in this job function are responsible for designing, building and deploying cloud-based infrastructure and managed services to achieve scalability, flexibility and cost efficiencies for private and public cloud systems that support the business. They are focused on created opinionated cloud environments and systems like Storage as a service, Infrastructure as a service etc. that form building blocks used by other enterprise and product teams.

Short Description

A Cloud Engineer with a software-development background who can understand Java/Python code, make smaller changes when needed, configure and maintain cloud applications/services, and work with observability tools such as Dynatrace and Splunk. Prior Ford experience would make the candidate especially strong.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying various opinionated cloud environments and platforms aligned with enterprise architecture and security requirements while meeting the company’s needs for scalability, availability, performance and security.
• Collaborate with enterprise architect, security teams, solution architects, product teams, etc. to design, build, and deploy cloud infrastructure solutions to meet the company’s needs for scalability, availability, performance and security.
• Monitor system usage to predict future needs, ensuring that the organization scales its IT resources appropriately.
• Develop automation scripts and IaC templates for configuring and provisioning complex cloud resources including identity services, virtual private cloud, gateways, SSL, Kubernetes clusters, NoSQL data stores, etc.
• Integrate enterprise security and disaster recovery policies in cloud infrastructure configurations, ensuring data protection and data retention practices comply with industry regulationsDesign, implement and optimize cloud-based storage solutions ensuring data availability, security and cost efficiency.
• Assist in the execution of technology strategy and implementation of engineering roadmaps, including optimizing cloud expenditure, maximizing resource usage and ensuring high availability across required geographic regions.
• Evaluate new and emerging cloud technologies for incorporation into existing systems, assist in modernization efforts to prioritize and execute migrations of on-prem services to cloud systems.
• Design highly available, resilient, and cost-optimized application integration solutions on GCP.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform.
• Configure IAM, Secret Manger, Cloud DNS, Cloud Load Balancer,HA/DR environment.
• Experience with Cloud SQL & Non-SQL databases, Backup/recovery, and high availability architectures.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC.
• Experience with SRE practices in Google Cloud Platform.
• Programming experience (Java, Python, or Go).

Required Skills

• GCP
• Dynatrace
• Splunk

Preferred Skills

• AIPGEE
• Java
• API

Experience

• Engineer 2 Exp.: Practitioner: 1 coding language or framework.
• 4+ years in IT; 3+ years in development.
• 3+ years of experience with Java and Python.

Preferred Experience

• Prior automotive experience is preferred, especially if they understand automotive development processes and environment.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information

• 4 days on site

Benefits

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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