Senior Cloud Engineer

Overview

On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6+ mo(s)

Skills

CLOUD ENGINEER
ENGINEER
ARCHITECT
GCP
GOOGLE CLOUD
TERRAFORM

Job Details

Client: health insurance industry
Job: Senior Google Cloud Platform Engineer
Job type: contract to hire
Location: on-site 2-3 days per week in Philadelphia, PA

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer who is passionate about building and managing solutions in Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform). This candidate will play a key role in migrating and transforming legacy solutions to the cloud. Bring your drive for excellence, teamwork, and customer commitment and join us as we renew and reimagine the future of health care.

We are looking for dynamic individuals who love to learn, thrive on innovation, and are open to exploring new ways to achieve our goals. You will be a part of a high-performing team of engineers who are modernizing the way we leverage our cloud workloads.

Relevant Technologies:
* Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Terraform, CI/CD, AI/ML, IAM, Big Query & Composer
Responsibilities:
* Design, implement, and administer Google Cloud Platform architecture and environments, including cloud-native applications and automation.
* Optimize Google Cloud Platform costs, create cloud architecture diagrams, and extend IBC on-prem policy and standards to cloud deployments.
* Implement solutions addressing cybersecurity issues, perform compliance validation and audits, and improve monitoring, configuration management, and reporting.
* Provide technical expertise in cloud technologies, support requests and troubleshooting issues involving other teams, partners, and vendors.
* Manage the implementation of IaC (Terraform) and DevOps procedures, including design and implementation of Terraform pipelines and scanning.
* Collaborate with the application development team to understand cloud infrastructure requirements and ensure high availability, performance, security, and maintainability of services.

Qualifications:
* Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience.
* Professional Experience: At least five years of experience in Google Cloud Platform and ten years of experience with infrastructure as code and cloud orchestration, including hands-on experience with Terraform and reusable module creation.
* Technical Proficiency: Expertise in Google Cloud Platform services, Cloud Build, Cloud logging, Artifact Registry, and Google Cloud deployment.
* Specialized Skills: Experience with Google BigQuery, Composer, GKE, Cloud SQL, AI/ML models, IAM solutions, and scripting languages.
* CI/CD: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines in a globally distributed environment using Git, Artifactory, CI, and registry tools.
* Operational Knowledge: Solid understanding of cloud operations and engineering, including expertise in IAM, logging, encryption, security protocols, disaster recovery site design, automated infrastructure capabilities like backups and monitoring, and high availability strategies.
* Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and collaborative work experience.

Preferred Certifications:
* Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
* Google Cloud Platform Associate or Professional certification

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