Cloud Platform Engineer Google Cloud Platform

Overview

Remote
$0 - $0
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

GCP Devops
GCP
SRE

Job Details

Role : Cloud Platform Engineer Google Cloud Platform
Location : Remote
Duration: Long term
Responsibilities:
  • Design and Implementation: Architect, design, and implement scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including compute, storage, networking, and serverless technologies.
  • Cloud Resource Management: Provision, configure, and manage Google Cloud Platform resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager.
  • Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and processes to streamline infrastructure provisioning, application deployments (CI/CD pipelines), and operational tasks.
  • Containerization and Orchestration: Implement and manage containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, preferably GKE).
  • Monitoring and Observability: Set up and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using tools like Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver), Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
  • Security: Implement and enforce security best practices in the cloud environment, including IAM, network security, data encryption, and compliance standards.
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with software development, SRE, and security teams to understand their needs and provide effective platform solutions and support.
  • Troubleshooting and Incident Response: Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related issues, performance bottlenecks, and outages, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures.
  • Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize platform performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
  • Documentation: Create and maintain clear and concise documentation for infrastructure configurations, processes, and best practices.
  • Evangelism and Training: Advocate for platform engineering best practices and provide guidance and training to development teams on utilizing the platform effectively
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