Senior Google Cloud Engineer - Modernization & Security

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

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.