GCP Engineer

Valiant Technologies LLC; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer to design, implement, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform. The role requires hands-on work with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, with focus on scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions.

The ideal candidate will design and operate infrastructure, automate deployments, monitor performance, and collaborate with DevOps, development, security, and operations teams to

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong scripting ability (Python or Bash) or shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Manage GCP services like Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, VPC, IAM, and Load Balancing.
• Implement IaC using Terraform and maintain automation pipelines.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Cloud Build, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Deploy and manage containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Configure networking components including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, VPNs, and load balancers.

Skills

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer to design, implement, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with cloud services, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Manage GCP services such as Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, VPC, IAM, and Cloud Load Balancing.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Configure networking components, including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, VPNs, and load balancers.
• Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, service accounts, encryption, and access controls.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure and application performance using Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, deployment, and performance-related issues.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and reduce infrastructure costs.
• Manage backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development, security, and operations teams to support application deployments.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

Required Technical Skills:

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes
• Scripting: Python, Bash, or Shell scripting

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.