Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineer Responsibilities

• ● Design, build, and/or set up cloud infrastructure, including projects and Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
• ● Provision, manage, optimize, and secure infrastructure.
• ● Operate, manage, and monitor the reliability and performance of the central platform and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• ● Manage CI/CD pipelines and tooling, and create reusable pipelines, processes, and tools for teams consuming the cloud platform services.
• ● Establish and enforce resource (e.g., usage quotas) and access (e.g., RBAC) policies, and secure workloads and tenants.
• ● Provide capacity reporting and cost optimization guidance.
• ● Oversee the company's cloud, application, and platform architecture.
• ● Troubleshoot and resolve cloud platform-wide issues or outages.

Skills

• Candidates must demonstrate hands-on experience and proficiency in the following areas of GCP:
• ● GCP Foundations Core & Security
• ● Hands-on experience in GCP Foundations, including Identity, Federation, IAM, and Security (covering network security, virtual machine (VM) security, secret management, and key management utilizing Cloud KMS).
• ● Expertise in Networking (VPC topology, VPC Peering, VPN, Cloud DNS) and implementing security controls (e.g., firewalls)
• ● Expertise in GCP security architecture and best practices for securing multi-tenant environments.
• ● Automation and IaC
• ● Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for automating the creation and management of GCP resources.
• ● Experience in leveraging tools like Terraform for building and deploying production-capable IaC modules.
• ● Familiarity with repeatable deployment using Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) practices with tools like Cloud Build and GitHub.
• ● Workloads
• ● Hands-on experience in at least two out of four GCP workloads below -
• ■ Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), container orchestration (e.g., standard vs. autopilot), node pools, workload availability requirements, Cloud Run etc
• ■ GCE
• ■ GCVE
• ■ Cloud Run/Cloud Functions
• ● Soft Skills
• ● Good communication skills necessary to conduct customer sessions (e.g., facilitating module workshops and technical deep dives).

Good to Have Criteria

• Skills that are beneficial for acceleration and comprehensive delivery:
• ● Observability: Experience defining resource and audit logging tools and processes, including setting up aggregated log sinks and critical alert types for communication.
• ● Security Posture: Familiarity with establishing governance controls such as Security Command Center configuration and defining organizational policies for restricting capabilities within GCP

Qualifications and Prior Experience

• ● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• ● 5 years of experience on any major CSP: Cloud infrastructure design, network architecture design & implementation, Cloud security, logging & monitoring
• ● 2 years of experience client-facing roles, troubleshooting technical issues, and working with engineering/sales teams/customers.
• ● Customer facing cloud migration experience, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.

Certifications

• At least one professional certification amongst these:
• ● Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
• ● Professional Cloud Security Engineer (PCSE)
• ● Professional Cloud Network Engineer (PCNE)

Benefits and Perks

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