Lead GCP DevOps Engineer: GKE, Terraform, CI/CD

Valiant Technologies LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 89,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a Lead GCP DevOps Engineer in Dallas, TX to design, automate and secure cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud. You will lead engineering initiatives, mentor teams, and drive best practices for CI/CD and infrastructure as code.

The role focuses on GKE (Autopilot/Standard), Terraform, Harness CI/CD, and advanced cloud security across production environments. Strong leadership and hands-on delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• We are seeking a senior GCP DevOps Engineer with hands-on expertise in GKE Autopilot and Standard.
• Deep knowledge of Terraform, CI/CD automation, cloud security and IaC best practices.
• Experience leading engineering initiatives and mentoring teams is required.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash for automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, automation, security, and reliability of cloud-native platforms on GCP.
• Design and operate GKE clusters, including multi-cluster architectures and autoscaling.
• Maintain Terraform codebases and Terraform Cloud workflows across environments.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines with Harness, Docker image creation and registry management.
• Implement security controls: IAM, Secret Manager, Cloud KMS, and Binary Authorization.
• Oversee observability with Splunk and Google Cloud Monitoring; drive incident response.

Skills

GCP

DevOps

GKE

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud Security

IAM

Python

Bash

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud Run

Compute Engine

Tools

GKE Fleet

Terraform Cloud

Harness CI/CD

Artifact Registry

Cloud KMS

Splunk

Google Cloud Monitoring

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a Lead GCP DevOps Engineer in Dallas, TX to design, automate and secure cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud. You will lead engineering initiatives, mentor teams, and drive best practices for CI/CD and infrastructure as code.

The role focuses on GKE (Autopilot/Standard), Terraform, Harness CI/CD, and advanced cloud security across production environments. Strong leadership and hands-on delivery are essential.