Cloud Engineer, AS

A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure and services on Google Cloud. Heres a detailed role description in points:

• The Platform Engineering Team is responsible for building and maintaining the foundational infrastructure, tooling, and automation that enable efficient, secure, and scalable software development and deployment.
• The team focuses on creating a self-service platform for developers and operational teams, ensuring reliability, security, and compliance while improving developer productivity.
• Design and manage scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Implement security best practices for IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets management.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS) by automating security checks.
• Manage API gateways, service meshes, and secure service-to-service communication..
• Enable efficient workload orchestration using Kubernetes, serverless

Your key responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud environments on GCP.
• Automation & Scripting Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Deployment Manager, or other tools.
• Security & Compliance Implement security best practices, IAM policies, and ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Networking & Connectivity Configure and manage VPCs, subnets, firewalls, VPNs, and interconnects for secure cloud networking.
• CI/CD & DevOps Set up CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools for automated deployments.
• Monitoring & Logging Implement monitoring and alerting using Stackdriver (Cloud Operations), Prometheus, or third-party tools.
• Cost Optimization Analyze and optimize cloud spending by leveraging committed use discounts, autoscaling, and right-sizing resources.
• Disaster Recovery & Backup Design backup, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies using Cloud Storage, Snapshots, and multi-region deployments.
• Database Management Deploy and manage GCP databases like Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Firestore, and Spanner.
• Containerization & Kubernetes Deploy and manage containerized applications using GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and Cloud Run.

Your skills and experience

• Strong experience with GCP services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, Networking, Kubernetes, and Serverless technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD tools, and GitOps workflows.
• Understanding of security, IAM, networking, and compliance in cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Stackdriver, Prometheus, or Datadog.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot cloud-based infrastructure.
• Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, or Professional DevOps Engineer) are a plus.