GCP Platform Engineer

Jersey, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: GCP Platform Engineer

Job Location: Jersey City NJ - Hybrid
Job duration: Long Term

Mandatory Skills: Terraform Jenkins Composer Apache Beam Debian OS image GCP components

Job Description:

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented GCP Platform Engineer to join our infrastructure this role you will be the primary guardian of our Google Cloud ecosystem ensuring it remains secure cost-effective and performant. You will bridge the gap between high-level enterprise standards and day-to-day operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

1. Governance & Financial Operations (FinOps)

Cost Optimization: Proactively monitor and optimize cloud consumption to ensure maximum ROI. Identify underutilized resources and implement right-sizing initiatives.
Budgeting & Reporting: Design set up and manage granular dashboards and reporting tools to provide visibility into cloud spend across various business units.
Capacity Management: Oversee resource allocation and scaling strategies to ensure the platform meets demand without over-provisioning.

2. Security & Compliance

Identity & Access Management (IAM): Administer IAM roles service accounts and access policies following the principle of least privilege.
Enterprise Alignment: Ensure all cloud deployments align with organizational security standards tagging policies and regulatory requirements.

3. Platform Health & Observability

Monitoring Frameworks: Build and maintain robust monitoring solutions using Google Cloud Observability (formerly Stackdriver) or third-party tools to ensure high platform availability.
Alerting Systems: Configure sophisticated alerting thresholds to detect and resolve performance bottlenecks or platform health issues before they impact end-users.

Required Skills & Qualifications

GCP Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services (Compute Engine GKE Cloud Functions BigQuery and VPC networking).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager for automated resource provisioning.
Analytical Mindset: Strong ability to interpret complex billing data and translate it into actionable cost-saving strategies.
Security First: Proven experience managing IAM hierarchies and Organization Policy Services.
Observability Tools: Experience with Cloud Monitoring Cloud Logging and creating data visualizations in Looker Studio or Grafana.

Preferred Qualifications

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Google Cloud Data Engineer certification.
Experience with scripting languages (Python Bash or Go) for automation.
Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes/GKE).

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Information Technology Computer Science or relevant field.

Job Title: GCP Platform Engineer Job Location: Jersey City NJ - Hybrid Job duration: Long Term Mandatory Skills: Terraform Jenkins Composer Apache Beam Debian OS image GCP components Job Description: We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented GCP Platform Engineer to join our infrastru...