DevOps Engineer - Google Cloud Platform

Description

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform using Terraform and Pulumi.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand application requirements and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated application deployments.
• Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools to streamline operational tasks, including monitoring, logging, and backups.
• Ensure high availability and fault tolerance of cloud services, implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Perform system and application performance analysis, tuning, and troubleshooting to optimize performance and efficiency.
• Monitor infrastructure and application health, responding to incidents and performing root cause analysis as needed.
• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging technologies, recommending and implementing improvements to our infrastructure and DevOps processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive DevOps initiatives and foster a culture of continuous improvement and automation.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on cloud-based environments, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Pulumi for automating cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Ruby for automation tasks.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) for automating software build, test, and deployment processes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) to ensure observability of cloud-based applications.
• Solid understanding of cloud security best practices and networking concepts in GCP.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) certification (e.g., Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with other cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and multi-cloud architectures.
• Knowledge of serverless computing and event-driven architectures