About the role
Job Description Senior GCP Cloud Engineer
Position Senior GCP Cloud Engineer
Experience 58 years overall IT experience with 4 years of handson GCP experience
Location Location Remote
Employment Type Fulltime
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to design implement manage and support highly available and secure Google Cloud infrastructure The candidate will be responsible for daytoday cloud operations infrastructure automation security monitoring troubleshooting and supporting production and DR environments
The role requires strong handson experience with GCP infrastructure networking IAM compute Kubernetes security monitoring backupDR and Terraform along with the ability to independently handle complex technical issues
Key Responsibilities
Design deploy and manage GCP infrastructure across production nonproduction and DR environments
Manage GCP VPCs subnets firewall rules Cloud NAT Cloud Router VPC Peering Private Service Connect VPN and Interconnect
Configure and troubleshoot Cloud DNS Load Balancing GCP VPN routing and network connectivity
Manage Compute Engine VMs instance templates managed instance groups disks snapshots and backup solutions
Administer Google Kubernetes Engine GKE clusters including node pools upgrades networking scaling and troubleshooting
Implement and manage IAM service accounts roles policies Workload Identity and leastprivilege access
Work with Cloud KMS Secret Manager Security Command Center Cloud Armor VPC Service Controls and Sensitive Data ProtectionDLP
Implement infrastructure using Terraform Infrastructure as Code IaC
Manage Cloud Monitoring Cloud Logging ing dashboards and operational monitoring
Configure and troubleshoot DNS logging audit logging security monitoring and operational s
Manage backup snapshot restoration and disaster recovery activities
Participate in DR planning testing failoverfailback exercises and recovery validation
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure networking authentication performance and availability issues
Coordinate with Google Cloud Support and other technology teams for critical incidents and RCA
Implement cloud security and operational best practices in line with enterprise policies
Perform capacity planning performance optimization and cost optimization
Support cloud migrations and onboarding of new applicationsprojects
Prepare and maintain HLDLLD SOPs runbooks operational procedures and technical documentation
Participate in 24x7 oncall production support as required
Required Technical Skills
GCP Services
Compute Engine
Cloud Storage
Cloud SQL
BigQuery
Cloud DNS
Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud NAT
Cloud Router
VPC
VPN
Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Armor
PubSub
Networking
VPC architecture
Subnetting and routing
Firewall policies
VPC Peering
Shared VPC
Hybrid connectivity
VPN HA VPN
Interconnect
DNS
Load Balancers
Security IAM
Cloud IAM
Service Accounts
Workload Identity
Organization Policies
VPC Service Controls
Cloud KMS
Secret Manager
Security Command Center
Cloud Armor
Sensitive Data Protection DLP
Monitoring
Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Logging
Cloud Audit Logs
ing
Dashboard creation
Log analysis
Integration with enterprise SIEM tools
Backup DR
GCP backup and recovery concepts
VM snapshots and backup policies
Crossregion recovery
DR architecture and implementation
RTORPO understanding
DR testing and failoverfailback
Backup validation and restoration testing
Preferred Certifications
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Certification is preferred but not mandatory if the candidate has strong handson experience
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Ability to work independently in a production environment
Good communication and stakeholdermanagement skills
Ability to coordinate with multiple technology teams
Strong documentation and reporting skills
Ability to handle P1P2 incidents and work under pressure
Good understanding of ITILITSM processes and change management
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate should be a handson senior GCP engineer capable of independently managing enterprise cloud infrastructure resolving complex production issues implementing automation and supporting security and DR requirements
Musthave Strong handson experience in GCP Networking Compute IAM GKE Terraform Monitoring Production Troubleshooting