GCP & Kubernetes Infrastructure Lead

UJET; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

UJET is seeking a highly experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and evolve our GCP infrastructure powering our cloud-native SaaS platform. The role is hands-on and deeply technical, with strong production experience in GKE, Kubernetes infrastructure, Terraform, and cloud networking on GCP.

You will own the architecture and lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters, manage VPC networking and Cloud DNS, and develop automation workflows to ensure reliable provisioning.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience in cloud infrastructure.
• Deep hands-on production experience with GKE, Kubernetes, and Terraform on GCP.
• Strong knowledge of VPC networking, routing, DNS, NAT, and load balancing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and maintain production infrastructure on GCP (GKE, VPC, DNS, IAM).
• Own architecture and lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades and autoscaling.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and automation workflows for repeatable provisioning.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and cloud services.
• Improve infrastructure observability with Prometheus, logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Implement security controls including IAM policies and secrets management.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, SRE, and Security teams for scalable patterns.

Skills

GKE

Kubernetes

Terraform

Cloud networking

IAM

Observability

Prometheus

Grafana

SRE practices

Linux administration

Networking troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

kubectl

Helm

Terraform

Job description

UJET is seeking a highly experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and evolve our GCP infrastructure powering our cloud-native SaaS platform. The role is hands-on and deeply technical, with strong production experience in GKE, Kubernetes infrastructure, Terraform, and cloud networking on GCP.

You will own the architecture and lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters, manage VPC networking and Cloud DNS, and develop automation workflows to ensure reliable provisioning.