Lead GCP Devops Engineer

Key Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain GCP cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters on GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient application delivery Monitor GCP infrastructure costs and drive optimization strategies Develop observability solutions using GCP-native and third-party tools Collaborate with engineering teams to streamline deployment and operations workflows Enforce security best practices and ensure compliance with internal and industry standards Design and implement high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures Mandatory Technical Skills: GCP Services: Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, IAM, Cloud DNS, Cloud Monitoring Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (preferred), Deployment Manager Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (GKE expertise required) CI/CD Tools: GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Jenkins, or similar Version Control: Git Scripting Languages: Python, Bash Monitoring & Logging: Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack Strong experience with automation and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) Solid understanding of cloud security best practices Experience designing fault-tolerant, resilient cloud-native architectures 47 years in DevOps/Cloud Engineering roles Minimum 2+ years hands-on with GCP infrastructure and services Proven experience managing CI/CD pipelines and container-based deployments Strong background in modern DevOps tools and cloud-native architectures Preferred candidate profile