Client Photon
Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer
Location: Springfield, MO (Onsite)
Duration: Contract & Full time
Job Description:
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Google Cloud Platform Lead Platform Engineer to join our team in the US and lead ongoing Greenfield projects in Google Cloud Platform for one of our customers.
Responsibilities:
Support ongoing application deployments in various Google Cloud Platform environments like Development,
Testing, UAT, Preproduction and Production
Develop and maintain IaC code for Google Cloud Platform environment deployments
Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines for the UI and API Applications
Maintain Code Quality in the CI pipelines using Static Code Analysis tools and libraries.
Help integrate UI applications with CDN for optimization and caching
Work with Platform Engineering and Automation teams to coordinate Firewall changes
Plan and work on controlled Production applications releases through Change
Management processes
Revise and maintain documentation related to Google Cloud Platform
Collaborate with onsite cross-functional teams to understand application requirements and
translate them into technical solutions.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to Google Cloud Platform infrastructure and
services.
Stay updated with the latest Google Cloud Platform features, tools, and best practices.
Participate in Scrum ceremonies and provide daily updates of the work progress
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to offshore Google Cloud Platform Lead Platform engineers.
Provide after-hours and on-call support (CT timezone) for the underlying Google Cloud Platform infrastructure
running various Applications
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related
field
Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with Terraform
Minimum of 3 years of CI/CD tools Jenkins, SonarQube
Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Docker and Containerization
Minimum of 2 years of Scripting experience in Bash/Shell, Groovy (for Jenkins)
Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform services and concepts such as: GKE, Artifact Registry, Cloud Armor, Cloud
Storage, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Bigtable, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Cloud Functions,
Memorystore, Load Balancers, Cloud DNS, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Private
Google Access, VPC Firewall rules and VPC Peering
Excellent understanding of Networking (including VPC, VPN, and Partner interconnect),
Security, and IAM in Google Cloud Platform
Exposure to these Atlassian tools is required: JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket
Working knowledge on YAML and JSON is mandatory
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication, documentation, presentation, and collaboration skills.
Nice to have:
Any Google Cloud Platform Cloud certification is a big plus
Experience with Google Cloud Platform Apigee API management and Microservices architecture is a big plus
Experience in Security Command Center (SCC) and Network Command Center (NCC) is a
big plus
Experience with build tools like NPM (NodeJS) and Gradle (Java) is highly desirable.
Working knowledge about Akamai integration is highly desirable
Experience with Snyk (Security) is a plus.
Experience with Dynatrace, Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring is a plus.
Experience with Data Engineering products like Dataflow, DataStream, and Database
Migration Service is a plus
Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform cloud cost management and optimization strategies is a plus.
Experience with Hybrid cloud environments (On-Premises and Google Cloud Platform)
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