GCP Platform Engineer Enterprise Cloud & AI Platform

Opplane Portugal Unipessoal Lda

Job Location:

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Overview

The GCP Platform Engineer is responsible for designing building and operating secure scalable and compliant cloud and AI-enabled platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This role focuses on enabling application data and AI teams through standardized cloud infrastructure Kubernetes platforms and approved Google AI services. The engineer ensures that AI and cloud workloads are deployed with strong governance security controls observability and enterprise reliability standards.

Working cross-functionally with Cloud Data & AI Security and Risk teams this role supports the safe and compliant adoption of AI capabilities within a regulated enterprise environment.

Required Qualifications

5 years of experience in cloud platform or DevOps engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
Experience operating Kubernetes (GKE) in enterprise environments.
Proficiency in scripting (Python Bash or Go).
Strong understanding of cloud security IAM and networking.
Experience working in regulated or highly governed environments.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Cloud & AI Platform Engineering

Design and maintain enterprise GCP landing zones aligned with governance and security standards.
Build and operate shared cloud services supporting both AI and non-AI workloads.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for platform networking and AI service enablement.
Enable secure hybrid connectivity and controlled data access patterns.

Kubernetes & AI Workload Enablement

Engineer and operate GKE clusters for application and AI inference workloads.
Standardize containerized deployment patterns using approved base images.
Support GPU-enabled workloads where required.
Enable scalable deployment of AI APIs and services.

Google AI & GenAI Platform Services

Enable and operate approved Google AI services including:
- Vertex AI (model hosting endpoints pipelines platform enablement)
- Gemini APIs and other managed GenAI services
- BigQuery ML and AI-integrated analytics platforms
Implement secure access controls networking and monitoring for AI services.
Integrate AI services into CI/CD pipelines and enterprise SDLC processes.
Partner with Data & AI teams to operationalize AI workloads safely and compliantly.

DevOps & MLOps Foundations

Build secure CI/CD pipelines for cloud and AI workloads.
Support MLOps capabilities including:
- Automated model deployment and promotion
- Environment lifecycle management
- Monitoring and logging for AI endpoints
Enforce policy-as-code guardrails and approval workflows for AI usage.

Security Compliance & Governance

Implement IAM workload identity and least-privilege access models.
Enforce encryption data residency and secure networking practices.
Integrate platform telemetry with enterprise logging and monitoring systems.
Support audit risk and regulatory compliance requirements.

Reliability Observability & Cost Optimization

Design highly available and resilient cloud and AI platforms.
Monitor workload performance reliability and cost usage.
Optimize cloud and AI spend through budgets and usage controls.
Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.

Collaboration & Standards

Partner with Cloud Data & AI Security Risk and Application teams.
Contribute to enterprise cloud and AI platform standards.
Document reference architectures and best practices.
Provide guidance on responsible AI platform adoption.

Preferred Qualifications (AI-Focused)

Experience enabling or operating Google AI services such as:
- Vertex AI (endpoints pipelines monitoring)
- Gemini APIs or other managed GenAI services
- BigQuery ML
Familiarity with MLOps concepts (model deployment versioning monitoring).
Experience supporting AI inference workloads.
Understanding of responsible AI practices data governance and model risk controls.
GCP certifications (Cloud Architect DevOps Engineer; AI certifications a plus).

About Opplane

Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services telecommunication and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Opplane leadership team is comprised of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and experienced executives. Its expertise comes from years of specific industry experience at some of the worlds top companies such as PayPal Xerox Parc Amazon Wells Fargo SoFi in the areas of product management data technology data governance data privacy security machine learning and risk management.

Global & Multicultural Diverse perspectives global collaboration (US Portugal India and Singapore offices)
Startup Energy Fast-moving impact-driven environment
Ownership Mindset Engineers own what they build
Collaborative & Friendly Open curious and supportive culture

Role OverviewThe GCP Platform Engineer is responsible for designing building and operating secure scalable and compliant cloud and AI-enabled platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).This role focuses on enabling application data and AI teams through standardized cloud infrastructure Kubernetes plat...