Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Engineer

Saic; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a mid-level Google Cloud Platform engineer with hands-on experience across cloud administration, automation and system integration to operate production GCP environments and drive migrations from on‑prem to cloud and cloud‑to‑cloud.

This role prioritizes real-world operational experience; certifications are valued but hands-on work carries more weight. On-site work is required, with remote options considered based on skills and availability.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform in production environments.
• Proven experience administering and supporting GCP services.
• U.S. citizen or green card holder with residency in the U.S. for at least 3 years and ability to obtain public trust.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support GCP organizations, projects, and billing using least-privilege principles.
• Configure and maintain IAM roles, service accounts, and access controls.
• Collaborate on cloud migration initiatives (on-prem to GCP, cloud-to-cloud) and modernization.
• Support environments across development, test, staging, and production.

Skills

GCP administration

Automation

System integration

Production support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Terraform

Deployment Manager

Cloud Functions

Cloud Run

Workflows

Cloud Scheduler

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Description

Job Summary:We are seeking a mid-level Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Engineer with strong, hands-on experience across cloud administration, automation, system integration, and application support. This role supports production GCP environments and participates in cloud migration initiatives, including on-premises to cloud and cloud-to-cloud migrations.

This position prioritizes real-world, operational experience over certifications. While Google Cloud certifications are valued, demonstrated hands-on experience designing, deploying, automating, migrating, and supporting GCP workloads in production environments carries significantly more weight.

Experience with data engineering and analytics platforms is a strong plus but not a strict requirement for candidates with a proven track record of strong GCP engineering experience.

Must be able to work onsite on a full-time basis! Remote positions will be considered depending on skills, qualifications, and availability during 7AM-7PM Eastern support window.

Qualifications

Job Role Specific Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience or Master's Degree and 3+ years of experience

GCP Administration & Operations

• Administer and support GCP organizations, folders, projects, and billing
• Manage IAM roles, service accounts, and access controls using least-privilege principles
• Configure and maintain VPC networks, firewall rules, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity
• Monitor platform health using Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Alerting
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis

Support environments across development, test, staging, and production

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  • Terraform (preferred)
  • Deployment Manager (where applicable)
  • Automate operational and lifecycle tasks using:
  • Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Workflows and Cloud Scheduler
  • Develop and maintain scripts using Python and/or shell scripting
  • Reduce manual effort through standardization and automation

Cloud Migration & Modernization

• Support cloud migration initiatives, including:
  • On premises to Google Cloud migrations
  • Cloud-to-cloud migrations (e.g., AWS or Azure to GCP)
• Assist with:
  • Migration planning and execution
  • Workload and dependency analysis
  • Data, application, and infrastructure migrations
  • Support cutovers, post-migration stabilization, and optimization

Help modernize legacy workloads into cloud-native or hybrid architectures

Integration & Platform Engineering

• Integrate GCP services with enterprise systems such as:
  • Identity platforms (Google Workspace, Active Directory, SSO)
  • CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling
  • SaaS and internal applications
  • Support API-based and event-driven integrations using REST and Pub/Sub
  • Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams
  • Assist with hybrid and multi-cloud integration patterns

Application & Development Support

• Support applications deployed on:
  • Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run and App Engine
• Assist development teams with:
  • Environment provisioning
  • Deployment pipelines
  • Performance and reliability tuning
• Review cloud architectures for scalability, resilience, security, and cost

Data & Analytics (Strong Plus)

• Support data platforms such as:
  • BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Dataflow
• Assist with data ingestion pipelines and analytics workloads
• Understand basic data governance, access controls, and performance tuning

Required skills and qualifications:

• Active public trust and/or DOT on-boarded is a strong plus
• 3–6 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform in production environments
• Proven experience administering and supporting GCP services

Note: Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain public trust.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.