GCP Platform Engineering /Lead

Value Innovation Labs; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Value Innovation Labs in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a GCP Platform Engineering Lead (VP) to build and run internal platform capabilities on GCP, enabling secure, scalable onboarding for teams.

Lead onboarding automation with Terraform modules and pipelines, embed security-by-default guardrails, ensure reliability, incident response, and governance across production platforms.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on GCP experience at scale.
• Strong Python automation capabilities.
• Security-minded with governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering delivery for onboarding automation (Terraform modules, pipelines, validations).
• Embed security-by-default guardrails and assist compliance evidence automation.
• Operate the platform: reliability, incident response, SLOs/SLAs, continuous improvement.

Skills

GCP

Python

Security

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Title: GCP Platform Engineering Lead (VP)

GCP, Python, Terraform, Security

7+ years

Location - Jersey City or Delaware

Role summary

Build and run the internal platform capabilities (automation, golden paths, guardrails) that enable secure, scalable application onboarding on GCP.

Key responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering delivery for onboarding automation (Terraform modules, pipelines, validations).
• Embed security-by-default guardrails and partner on compliance evidence automation.
• Operate the platform: reliability, incident response, SLOs/SLAs, continuous improvement.

Required qualifications

• Deep hands-on GCP + Terraform at scale; strong Python automation experience.
• Experience leading platform teams and operating production-grade internal platforms.
• Strong security and governance mindset in regulated environments.

Success measures

• High adoption of golden paths; reduced onboarding lead time; stable platform with low operational toil.