Role : Cloud DevOps Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)
Location: Must be based in Buffalo, NY, 1-2 days from the office
Duration: 6 months+
Design, build, and run Google Cloud Platform infrastructure.
Provision and manage core Google Cloud Platform services, including: VMs (Linux and Windows) on Compute Engine, GKE clusters, Dataproc clusters, Cloud SQL instances
Automate provisioning, config, and deployments using Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, or Cloud Deployment Manager.
Monitor and tune platforms for performance, cost, and scale using Google Cloud Operations Suite (Stackdriver), Prometheus, and/or Grafana.
Keep things secure: IAM, network controls, and encryption.
Partner with app teams to speed up delivery and improve reliability.
Troubleshoot prod/non-prod issues, then complete RCA and documentation.
Implement backup and disaster recovery for critical services and data.
Translate requirements into design specs aligned to business agreements.
Work well in a team and pick things up quickly.
What you ll bring
5+ years in IT development/engineering.
Bachelor s or master s in computer science/engineering (or similar).
Google Cloud Platform certs (Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer / Cloud Architect) are a bonus.
Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid setups.
Must-have: hands-on GKE, Helm, and Kubernetes app deployment experience.
Hands-on with Python and Google Cloud Platform services: Composer/Airflow, Data Fusion, Big Query, Cloud Storage, GCE, Dataflow.
Solid DevOps tooling knowledge: Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, etc.
Comfortable on Unix/Linux and with shell scripting.
Monitoring/logging experience with Cloud Operations, Prometheus, Grafana.
Good grasp of networking: VPCs, firewalls, load balancers, DNS.
Strong Git skills, including branching strategies.
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