Senior Google Cloud Engineer

AES Global; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global is seeking a Senior Google Cloud Engineer to join its cloud engineering team, delivering for enterprise clients.

You'll design and operate Google Cloud environments, landing zones, IAM and security, and multi-project governance. The role involves CI/CD, IaC, and Terraform across Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Storage and BigQuery. Hybrid in Johannesburg, three days in the office.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on Google Cloud experience - networking, IAM and security, landing zones, governance and resource organisation.
• Experience designing multi-project GCP environments.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Knowledge of monoliths, microservices and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support Google Cloud environments and landing zones.
• Build network architectures – VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud VPN, hybrid connectivity, Cloud DNS.
• Apply governance with resource hierarchy, IAM roles and labelling standards.
• Manage Cloud IAM and secrets in Secret Manager.
• Work with Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Monitoring/Logging, Backup/DR.
• Support migrations and modernization with CI/CD and IaC.

Skills

GCP

Networking

IAM/Security

Terraform

DevOps

Tools

Cloud Run

GKE

BigQuery

Job description

We're working with an established technology consultancy, and they're looking for a Senior Google Cloud Engineer to join its cloud engineering team, delivering for enterprise clients.

You'll work across Google Cloud infrastructure, security, networking and platform services, and partner with development teams on workload modernisation, migrations, resiliency and scalability. It suits an engineer with strong GCP foundations who can help build secure, well-governed cloud environments.

What you'll do

• Design, implement and support Google Cloud environments and landing zones aligned to best practice
• Build well-structured network architectures - VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud VPN and hybrid connectivity, and Cloud DNS
• Apply governance with the resource hierarchy (organisations, folders, projects), Organisation Policy, IAM roles and labelling standards
• Manage Cloud IAM and identity, least-privilege access, and secrets in Secret Manager
• Work across GCP compute and data services (Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Backup and DR)
• Support migrations and modernisation with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices

What you'll bring

• 5+ years in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering
• Strong hands-on Google Cloud experience - networking, IAM and security, landing zones, governance and resource organisation
• Experience designing well-structured, multi-project GCP environments
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• A good understanding of application architectures (monoliths, microservices, event-driven, APIs) and software-engineering fundamentals

Working model

Hybrid in Johannesburg - three days a week in the office.