Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer - Onsite Germantown, MD

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NJTECH is a globally managed IT services, IT consulting and business solutions partner. Our "High Performance Business" strategy builds our expertise in technology and consulting. We play a major role in helping our clients to achieve their objectives at the highest level; ultimately creating sustainable value to customers.

Role: Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

Location: Onsite Germantown, MD

Duration: Long-term

Role Overview

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering is a hands on technical leader responsible for designing, automating, securing, and operating hybrid and multi cloud infrastructure across on premises and Google Cloud platforms.

This role combines deep technical execution with strategic leadership, driving cloud modernization initiatives, infrastructure automation, database migrations, network/security architecture, and mentoring of next generation engineers.

A person in this role, actively architects and implements enterprise grade solutions across VMware, GCVE, Kubernetes, Network Security (Google Cloud Platform & Palo Alto), Database platforms, Cisco/Dell switches, EMC/Pure Storage, Brocade SAN switches while guiding teams in best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, and reliability engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Leadership

Lead operational management of:

Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)

On prem VMware & NSX environments

Drive pre production to Google Cloud Platform Oracle and BRM migrations for all programs

Design secure hybrid connectivity models (VPN, firewall, load balancing)

Ensure high availability, scalability, backup and disaster recovery readiness

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Architect and maintain enterprise grade automation using:

Ansible & Terraform

Develop migration automation scripts for:

VM provisioning, Network placement, SSH key configuration, root password setup,

Oracle Data Guard & Cascaded Data Guard configuration

Database failover orchestration, Upgrade and enhance IaC modules to support new cloud features

Lead Blue/Green deployment automation strategies

Database & Oracle Migration Engineering

Lead Oracle database migrations from on prem to GCVE/Google Cloud Platform

Design and automate:

Data Guard setup

Cascaded Data Guard

Failover orchestration

Implement Google Cloud Platform Datastream integrations

Optimize performance and resiliency for mission critical databases

Kubernetes & GKE Platform Engineering

Lead GKE cluster lifecycle management:

New feature evaluation

IaC upgrades to support features

Cluster version upgrades

Blue/Green traffic switching

Ensure secure, scalable Kubernetes environments

Integrate load balancing, firewall, and security controls

Load Balancing & Traffic Engineering

Configure and manage:

Google Cloud Platform Load Balancers, AVI Load Balancer, AVI/NSX Load Balancing

maintain VM with Iptables move for F5 replacement for Internet to Google Cloud Platform to GCVE based transactions

Implement production grade traffic routing strategies

Ensure performance optimization and high availability

Security & Network Architecture

Manage and architect:

Palo Alto Firewalls (Prod, Staging, Lab), CloudArmor WAF

Google Cloud Platform FQDN Firewall (design, IaC, and production rollout)

NSX security configurations, Design secure VPN connectivity (e.g., Chase Billing VPN setup via IaC), Implement Zero Trust and least privilege principles

Oversee firewall rule governance and compliance

API & Platform Services

Lead Apigee X deployment and configuration in Google Cloud Platform

Ensure secure API gateway integration with backend services

Align API platform with enterprise security and networking standards

GCVE, NSX & Virtualization Management

Oversee lifecycle management of:

GCVE infrastructure

NSX networking

AVI load balancers

Optimize virtualized network performance and segmentation

Maintain enterprise HA and DR posture

Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor and develop new and mid level engineers

Promote Infrastructure as Code and automation first mindset

Establish technical standards and design review practices

Lead incident reviews and architectural decision boards

Drive continuous improvement culture

Technical Expertise

Cloud & Virtualization, Google Cloud Platform (Compute, Networking, Datastream, GKE, CloudArmor)

GCVE - VMware vSphere, NSX T

Automation:

Terraform (advanced module design), Ansible (complex orchestration playbooks), CI/CD integration for infrastructure

Databases: Oracle (Data Guard, Cascaded Data Guard, failover), Migration engineering

Alloydb, Mongodb, BQ

Networking & Security: Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 & iptables migration, Google Cloud Platform FQDN Firewall

CloudArmor WAF, VPN architecture, Load balancing (Google Cloud Platform LB, AVI, NSX)

GKE & Platform: Kubernetes

GKE cluster lifecycle management, Execution of Blue/Green deployment strategies

Leadership Characteristics: Hands on technical depth at architect level

Strong troubleshooting capability across stack (OS Network DB Cloud)

Strategic thinker with execution focus

Comfortable operating in production critical environments

Strong mentoring and cross team collaboration skills

Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions

NJTECH is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

NJTECH is a globally managed IT service, IT consulting and Business solutions partner. Our "High Performance Business" strategy builds our expertise in technology and consulting. Our offshore consulting plays a major role in helping clients to achieve their objectives in the highest level; ultimately creating sustainable value to customers. Come, transform your career with us and be a part of our high-performing team.

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