GCP Cloud Operations Lead Engineer

AAA Club Alliance is currently seeking a GCP Operations Lead Engineer to join our team in Wilmington DE Worthington OH or Cincinnati OH.

The Primary Duties of the GCP Operations Lead Engineer are to:

• Lead design deployment and governance of GCP infrastructure using IaC and automation ensuring secure scalable and efficient cloud operations with Azure interoperability where needed.

• Partner with Network Security Application Support and Enterprise Development teams to ensure reliable high-performing and secure cloud services aligned to business goals.

• Act as a liaison between Cloud Operations CCoE and Enterprise Architecture translating strategy into GCP-first operational standards and reusable infrastructure patterns.

• Guide teams on cloud architecture decisions including GCP-native services (e.g. Cloud Run GKE) and resolve complex design challenges.

• Build and govern reusable Terraform modules aligned to cloud standards IAM policies versioning and tagging conventions across multi-cloud environments.

• Evaluate vendors and third-party solutions; support procurement decisions for cloud platforms observability tools and GCP services.

• Provide technical input on cost optimization efficiency resilience and lifecycle sustainability of cloud services.

• Research and recommend emerging cloud technologies to advance GCP platform maturity and multi-cloud strategy.

• Implement and enforce GCP identity and access management (IAM) aligned with Azure RBAC where applicable.

• Own observability integration (e.g. Dynatrace Grafana GCP Cloud Operations Suite) to ensure monitoring alerting and root cause visibility.

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for major cloud outages; drive cross-team resolution and risk reduction.

• Drive platform improvements focused on standardization automation security and performance.

• Ensure documentation quality for Terraform CI/CD pipelines configurations and operational processes.

• Oversee cloud security controls compliance (including PCI) and disaster recovery alignment.

• Mentor engineers lead peer reviews and promote engineering standards across Cloud Operations.

• Represent Cloud Operations in cross-functional groups support cloud enablement training and onboarding.

• Promote Information Security policies and a security-by-design culture.

• Other duties assigned.

• Bachelors degree (BS/BA) or equivalent in Computer Sciences Business Administration or related field required. Equivalent combination of education technical training and experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

• Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including architecting provisioning configuring and managing services such as GKE Cloud Run VPC networking IAM and managed services required.

• Minimum 4 years of experience with Microsoft Azure supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure and hybrid/multi-cloud integration scenarios required as a secondary skillset.

• Minimum 4 years of experience designing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code for cloud environments using Terraform including reusable module development version control and organizational governance required.

• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certification required.

• Terraform Associate certification or similar infrastructure-as-code certification required.

• Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect certification preferred.

• Lead in a collaborative environment influencing engineering standards practices and platform maturity across teams.

• Manage multiple high-impact initiatives balancing tactical execution with strategic priorities and delivering results with minimal oversight.

• Mentor engineers of all levels lead peer reviews and guide architectural discussions while strengthening operational capability through knowledge sharing.

• Perform advanced analysis of cloud infrastructure to identify risks inefficiencies and opportunities for scalable improvements across performance security and cost.

• Provide deep hands-on expertise in GCP (IAM networking organization structure security controls) and working knowledge of Azure for hybrid integration.

• Lead design and troubleshooting complex multi-cloud environments with strong root cause analysis across platform networking and identity layers.

• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules and GitOps workflows including state management versioning and policy enforcement.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration change management and documentation standards while supporting continuous learning cloud adoption and secure operations practices.