Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - GCP

Job Title:  Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - GCP
Duration: 6 months (contract) W2
Location:  Denver, CO (Remote, Candidate Must Be Local)
Key skills: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Expertise, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, Scripting and Automation.
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated GCP Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in implementing and deploying cloud solutions on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring the efficient, reliable, and secure provisioning of application hosting environments. As a key member of the DevOps structured team, you will collaborate closely with Cloud Architects and the Cloud Operations team to ensure the seamless adoption of cloud technologies and best practices.
In this role, you will be responsible for configuring and deploying GCP environments, establishing automation tools, and enforcing security standards while optimizing infrastructure solutions. You will work on cloud infrastructure projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and security policies. As the primary resource for cloud deployment projects, you will lead efforts to improve cloud solutions and tools to meet strategic goals.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Deployment: Configure and deploy GCP Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) environments and cloud instances, ensuring alignment with designs provided by Cloud Architects and team requirements.
• Security & Compliance: Collaborate with the NetSecOps team to establish and enforce security controls, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and CISO requirements in an automated manner.
• Cloud Solutions Optimization: Evaluate and recommend new GCP features and services for potential adoption, optimizing the use of the cloud platform to meet project and organizational objectives.
• Access Management: Oversee user, organization, and group management within GCP, ensuring proper permissions and access are configured in line with IAM requirements.
• Monitoring & Reporting: Develop monitoring, logging, and reporting capabilities to support cloud management and provide insights for effective decision-making.
• Documentation & Standards: Define, document, and publish standards and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the use of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS within GCP, ensuring consistent and efficient adoption across the organization.
• Advocacy & Training: Advocate for the cloud platform's capabilities and support internal teams in its adoption, providing guidance and training as needed.
• Escalation & Troubleshooting: Act as a Tier-2 escalation point for on-call and break-fix incidents. Provide troubleshooting and resolution for production issues outside of standard working hours as part of an on-call rotation.
• Collaboration with CloudOps Team: Drive continuous improvement in cloud operations, ensuring the cloud infrastructure is maintained and improved in a scalable and automated way.
• Vendor Management: Handle day-to-day interactions with cloud vendors to meet project and organizational objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: At least five (5) years of hands-on experience in infrastructure development with a focus on GCP, including core services such as compute, networking, storage, content delivery, security, deployment, and automation technologies.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Minimum five (5) years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or similar automation technologies.
• Technical Expertise: Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure solutions, including Windows and Linux IaaS, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, security, storage, networking, OSS, containers, and automation technologies.
• Large-Scale Deployments: Demonstrated experience managing large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments.
• CI/CD Automation: Experience with automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Scripting Skills: Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Certifications: Google Cloud Foundational Certification or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Cloud Architect Certification (or similar).
• Terraform Expertise: Advanced experience with Terraform for GCP infrastructure management.
• Azure DevOps: Familiarity with Azure DevOps for CI/CD automation and cloud infrastructure management.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be available to participate in a weekly after-hours on-call rotation for troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Ability to pass required agency background checks, which may include criminal justice information, state, and federal background checks.

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