Senior DevOps Engineer - GCP

Infrastructure Automation & Platform Engineering

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and reusable infrastructure modules.

• Build self-service platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure efficiently.

• Implement infrastructure standards, governance controls, and automation frameworks across multiple environments.

CI/CD & Release Engineering

Design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:

• GitHub Actions

• Jenkins

• GitLab CI/CD

• Harness

Drive deployment automation, release management, environment provisioning, and configuration management practices.

Improve deployment reliability through progressive delivery approaches, automated testing, and deployment guardrails.

Champion GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices across the engineering landscape.

Cloud Architecture & Operations

Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud architecture, best practices, and operational excellence.

Support cloud-native services including:

• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)

• Cloud Run

• Cloud Functions

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud SQL

• Apigee

• VPC Networking

• IAM

• Cloud Monitoring

• Design resilient and observable systems aligned to enterprise security and reliability standards.

• API Platform & Marketplace Enablement

• Build and maintain infrastructure supporting enterprise API platforms and external marketplace services.

• Enable secure onboarding of internal and external API consumers.

• Establish standardized deployment and operational processes for API products and services.

• Support API gateway technologies such as Apigee and enterprise integration platforms.

• Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.

• Improve platform availability, scalability, and performance through automation and engineering improvements.

• Monitoring & Observability

• Implement enterprise monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability solutions.

Utilize tools including:

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• Google Cloud Monitoring

• ELK/Elastic Stack

• OpenTelemetry

• Proactively identify issues before they impact customers and engineering teams.

• Develop dashboards and operational reporting for platform health and reliability.

• DevSecOps & Security

• Embed security best practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

• Integrate automated vulnerability scanning, code analysis, policy enforcement, and compliance controls into CI/CD pipelines.

• Partner with Cyber Security teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.

• Support implementation of secure identity and access management controls across cloud platforms.

Operational Excellence:

• Lead resolution of complex production incidents and service disruptions.

• Continuously improve operational procedures, runbooks, and platform support processes.

• Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve service reliability.

• Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization while maintaining performance and resilience.

• Mentoring & Leadership

• Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps best practices across the engineering community.

• Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, platform teams, and product owners.

• Drive engineering excellence through knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and continuous learning.

What You'll Need

• Essential Skills & Experience

• DevOps & Cloud Engineering

• Proven experience (10+ years) in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.

• Significant experience operating highly available production systems at enterprise scale.

• GCP Expertise (Essential)

Strong hands-on experience with:

• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)

• Cloud Run

• Cloud Functions

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud SQL

• VPC Networking

• IAM

• Cloud Monitoring

• Secret Manager

• Cloud Storage

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Expert-level knowledge of Terraform.

• Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and automation frameworks.

• Experience with policy-as-code and infrastructure governance.

Kubernetes & Containerization

• Strong experience with:

• Kubernetes

• Docker

• Container security

• Service mesh technologies

• Experience operating production Kubernetes environments.

• CI/CD & Release Management

Experience with:

• GitHub Actions

• Jenkins

• GitLab CI/CD

• Harness

• ArgoCD (desirable)

Strong understanding of:

• GitOps

• Deployment strategies

• Release automation

• Configuration management

• API & Integration Technologies

Experience working with API Gateway technologies such as:

• Apigee

• Azure API Management

• Kong (desirable)

• Strong understanding of:

• REST APIs

• OpenAPI Specifications

• OAuth2

• JWT

• API Security Standards

• Observability & Monitoring

Experience with:

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• ELK Stack

• OpenTelemetry

• Google Cloud Monitoring

• Scripting & Automation

Proficiency in one or more of:

• Python [optional]

• Bash

• Go

• PowerShell

• Networking & Security

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