Google Cloud Platform Cloud Engineer

Summary: The Google Cloud Platform Cloud Engineer role involves configuring and deploying cloud environments, collaborating on security controls, and managing user access within the Google Cloud Platform. The position requires extensive experience in infrastructure development and automation technologies, with a focus on driving cloud adoption and ensuring network security. The role is primarily remote but requires local presence in Denver, CO. Candidates should have a strong background in cloud infrastructure solutions and scripting skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure and deploy VPC environments and cloud instances as designed by the Cloud Architect to meet the needs across all hosted workloads
• Evaluate and collaborate with NetSecOps team to establish security controls necessary to meet policy and standards from the CISO, ideally in a templated and automated manner
• Analyze and recommend new Google Cloud Platform capabilities for consideration for adoption
• Manage users/orgs/groups/access within the cloud platform, based on requirements defined by IAM team
• Create monitoring and reporting capabilities to meet management needs of cloud platform
• Define and document standards and procedures (SOPs) for consumption of IaaS (via IaC), PaaS, and SaaS on Google Cloud Platform
• Communicate/advocate capabilities of the cloud platform to drive adoption
• Act as Tier-2 escalation point for on-call/break-fix efforts, to diagnose and resolve incidents and problems with cloud-based systems
• Work with NetSecOps resources to ensure network security policy is established in a consistent, repeatable and automated manner

Key Skills:

• At least five (5) years of infrastructure development experience with hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform foundation services related to computing, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, and automation technologies.
• At least five (5) years of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience in Terraform or similar.
• Deep domain expertise in cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers, and Infrastructure as code technology), breadth of technical experience, and technical aptitude to learn and adjust to new technologies and cloud trends required.
• Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments are required.
• Experience with automated Continuous Integration/Delivery
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Denver

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT