GCP & Teradata Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking an experienced GCP & Teradata Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead the design deployment and management of scalable secure and highly available enterprise cloud and data warehouse environments. This role combines deep technical expertise in Google Cloud Platform Teradata infrastructure automation and operational management to ensure system resilience performance and security. The ideal candidate will work across development operations and security teams to support a cloud-first strategy automate workflows troubleshoot critical incidents and drive continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise data and analytics initiatives.

Software Requirements

Required Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience supporting scalable secure and resilient environments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (5-6 years)

• Strong expertise with Terraform (latest versions) for infrastructure-as-code management and automation

• Programming proficiency in Python Go or Java supporting scripting automation and operational tools

• Demonstrated experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus Grafana Cloud Monitoring (GCP native or third-party)

• Deep understanding of cloud security architecture IAM policies encryption and compliance standards

Preferred Skills:

• Supporting automation with AI/ML integration for operational workflows (preferred)

• Experience with other cloud platforms like AWS or Azure for hybrid cloud management

Overall Responsibilities

• Design implement and optimize scalable secure and highly available cloud infrastructure on GCP supporting enterprise workloads

• Develop and maintain observability solutions for real-time monitoring incident detection and performance management

• Automate deployment scaling and incident response workflows leveraging infrastructure as code tools (Terraform Ansible etc.)

• Troubleshoot and resolve outages and security issues performing root cause analysis to prevent recurrence

• Collaborate with development security and operations teams to enforce best practices supporting security compliance and high availability

• Lead cloud migration projects environment provisioning and continuous optimization efforts

• Develop documentation for architecture operational procedures and security policies

• Continuously research new cloud services automation techniques and DevOps practices to improve operational efficiency and cost management

Technical Skills (By Category)

Languages & Scripting:

• Essential: Python Go or Java supporting scripting and automation (preferred)

• Supporting: Bash Shell scripting

Infrastructure & Cloud:

• Essential: GCP services supporting scalable secure data and application environments (Compute Engine Cloud Storage Cloud SQL Cloud Run etc.)

• Preferred: Cloud security architecture Identity & Access Management (IAM) VPC design

Automation & Configuration:

• Essential: Terraform (latest version) for infrastructure provisioning and automation

• Preferred: Ansible Chef or other configuration management tools

Monitoring & Observability:

• Prometheus Grafana Cloud Monitoring supported by GCP or third-party integrations

Security & Compliance:

• Identity and access management encryption audit logging and compliance management supported by GCP security tools

Experience Requirements

• 7 years supporting cloud architectures solutions and operations within large enterprise environments

• Proven experience supporting production environments on GCP and Teradata data warehouses

• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation CI/CD and orchestration tools

• Experience troubleshooting high-availability systems outages and security incidents

• Familiarity with regulated environments in finance or other critical sectors (preferred)

Day-to-Day Activities

• Design deploy and support scalable secure cloud environments on GCP supporting enterprise applications and data workloads

• Monitor system health perform incident analysis and implement preventive measures for operational stability

• Automate deployment scaling and incident response tasks through infrastructure as code and scripting pipelines

• Support cloud migration initiatives and environment provisioning for business needs

• Collaborate with infrastructure security and development teams to optimize performance security and cost efficiency

• Conduct root cause analysis for outages security breaches and performance issues

• Keep up-to-date with evolving cloud features automation tools and best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related fields

• Relevant cloud certifications such as Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect AWS Solutions Architect or Azure certifications (preferred)

• Proven experience in managing large-scale GCP environments supporting enterprise data and application workloads

Professional Competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills supporting complex cloud and data environments

• Leadership abilities to guide teams foster best practices and support cloud adoption initiatives

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills supporting technical and business alignment

• Ability to adapt to rapidly evolving cloud technologies security standards and industry regulations

• Strategic thinking to plan scalable secure and resilient cloud architectures

• Organizational skills to prioritize multiple cloud projects in a fast-paced environment

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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