Google Cloud Platform Engineer

Position: Sr Google Cloud Platform Engineer

Location: Springfield, MO

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Automation & Management:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure using Google Cloud Platform services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and scaling using Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager.
• Manage Google Cloud Platform resources such as Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Functions, and BigQuery to support development teams.

CI/CD Pipeline Management:

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Integrate pipelines with Google Cloud Platform tools like Cloud Build, Cloud Source Repositories, or third-party tools like Jenkins.
• Ensure optimized pipelines for faster builds and deployments.

Monitoring & Incident Management:

• Implement and manage cloud monitoring/logging with Dynatrace, Stackdriver Monitoring, Logging, and Trace.
• Monitor infrastructure health and resolve issues with minimal downtime.
• Set up alerting and create runbooks for incident resolution.

Security & Compliance:

• Apply security best practices including IAM, encryption, and network policies.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, and internal security standards.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and regular patching.

Collaboration & Support:

• Work with development teams to design cloud-native applications.
• Collaborate with cloud architects on best practices for continuous integration and deployment.
• Provide day-to-day support for dev, QA, and production environments.

Cost Optimization:

• Monitor cloud usage and suggest cost-saving strategies like right-sizing, preemptible VMs, and auto-scaling.

Tooling & Scripting:

• Develop scripts in Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate cloud tasks.
• Use tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for configuration management.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Experience:

• 3+ years as a DevOps or Cloud Engineer
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform services: Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, etc.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Terraform, Deployment Manager, Ansible

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Cloud Build
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiar with Google Cloud Platform networking, security, IAM, and monitoring

Cloud & DevOps Tools:

• Experience with Git, Artifact Registry, Cloud Source Repositories
• Understanding of DevOps principles: CI/CD, IaC, Monitoring, Alerting

Security & Compliance:

• Knowledge of IAM, network security, encryption
• Familiarity with compliance standards like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI

Soft Skills:

• Problem-solving mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams

Preferred Certifications:

• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (preferred)
• Google Professional Cloud Architect or Associate Cloud Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar DevOps certs