Description

As a Senior Google Cloud Engineer, you'll lead the design, deployment, and optimization of Google Cloud solutions, focusing on performance, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency. You'll play a pivotal role in guiding customers through cloud adoption, implementing automation, and enhancing cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Cloud Architecture & Deployment:
  • Architect, deploy, and optimize Google Cloud solutions.
  • Ensure infrastructure scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency.
  • Customer Engagement:
  • Lead technical discussions, providing guidance on cloud adoption and optimization.
  • Conduct Well-Architected Reviews to improve cloud environments.
  • Automation & CI/CD:
  • Implement automation using Terraform, Cloud Build, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Optimize deployment processes for efficiency.
  • Kubernetes & Microservices:
  • Manage and optimize Kubernetes (GKE), Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and Compute Engine.
  • Support microservices architectures for scalability.
  • Security & Compliance:
  • Oversee cloud security using Google Security Command Center, IAM, and VPC Service Controls.
  • Implement best practices for data protection and compliance.
  • Mentorship & Leadership:
  • Mentor junior engineers, providing technical leadership and guidance.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, product, customer success) to align solutions with business goals.
  • Incident Management:
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical operations and incident management.

Qualifications:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Master’s degree + 2 years of experience or 8+ years in a related role also acceptable.

Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency with Google Cloud services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, VPC networking.
  • Strong scripting skills: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
  • Expertise in Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, microservices architecture.
  • Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or Deployment Manager.
  • CI/CD tools: Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD.
  • Cloud security best practices (IAM, compliance frameworks).

Preferred Skills:

  • Multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, hybrid cloud).
  • Experience with Google Anthos.
  • Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree