Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description GCP Sr Platform Engineer

What You'll Do

• Technical Leadership: Set the example in driving individual user stories to completion

from start to finish. Assess and identify risks that may be present to achieving the

team’s larger goals. Document best practices and strategies regarding application

deployment and infrastructure construction.

• Collaborate/Partner: Work in tandem with our platform and software engineering

teams and leaders to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions for the

company.

• Quality & Security Focused: Drive implementation of functionally appropriate and

technically sound solutions meeting all quality & security standards.

• Continuous Improvement: Assist the team in achieving ambitious goals, providing

regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. You will participate in all

aspects of our software development lifecycle for cloud-based solutions, including

planning, defining requirements, developing, testing, and deploying those solutions with

the team.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years creating and managing infrastructure in GCP using modern Cloud Engineering

practices

• Proven track record for delivering fit for purpose technical solutions that balance

complexity, performance, and maintainability.

• Balanced approach that integrates software engineering principles with modern

infrastructure operations.

• Methodical, self-directed approach to diagnosing and resolving GCP platform issues.
• Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.
• Deep experience implementing infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD best practices, with a

strong understanding of Git patterns such as GitFlow and trunk-based development;

monorepo vs. polyrepo strategies; and workflows including code reviews, automated

testing, and security automation.

• Extensive experience managing GCP Organizations, Projects, Networking Components,

and cloud-native services.

• Hands-on experience creating containerized solutions leveraging

Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud Run/etc.

• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and

DevSecOps processes.

• Comfortable in using and integrating AI tools into enterprise software development

pipelines.

• Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or

Healthcare preferred.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in infrastructure automation and scripting tools such as Terraform, gcloud

CLI, Python, bash, curl, Powershell, Go, etc.

• Experience in developing CI/CD pipelines within GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps for

Infrastructure/Application deployments in GCP

• Experience configuring least-privilege GCP IAM roles, Deny Assignments, Organization

Policy, VPC Service Controls, etc.

• Experience in managing GCP services such as VPC, Subnets, Storage Buckets, Cloud Run,

VM Instances, Load Balancers, Firewall Policy & Rules, Pub/Sub, etc.

• Experience using containerization technologies such as Docker, GKE, Cloud Run, App

Engine, etc.

• Solid foundational skills with Networking, Windows, and Linux
• Familiarity with Cloud Security, Compliance, and Policy Management tools such as

Prisma Cloud, Checkov, Cloud Custodian, Open Policy Agent, etc.