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GCP Platform Engineering Lead

DTI


Job Location:

Jersey, NJ - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 66 - 85
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

WHO WE ARE:
Founded in 2007 DTI (Diversified Technology Inc.) is a successful African American owned IT Consulting/Staffing firm based in Chicagos Loop.

WHAT WE DO:
We focus on providing delivery staffing and supported services such as enterprise integration/implementations including but not limited to CRM EAM ERP PMO and QA. We service clients in SLED (state/local govt & education) financial services fortune public utility as well as regularly partnering with Big 4 SI partners.


Job Title: GCP Platform Engineering Lead (VP)
Location: Jersey City NJ or Delaware (W2 Only)

Role Description
As a Cloud Architect Contractor you will support the Client project team by designing and implementing cloud solutions that align with business and technical requirements. You will develop cloud architecture strategies and plans design and implement cloud infrastructure evaluate cloud technologies and tools provide technical guidance and support to development teams and ensure compliance with best practices and standards for cloud security performance and cost optimization.

In this role you will build and run internal platform capabilities including automation golden paths and guardrails to enable secure and scalable application onboarding on GCP.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop cloud architecture strategies and plans ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.
  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure including network design security configurations and cloud services.
  • Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and tools to meet project needs.
  • Provide technical guidance and support to development teams during the implementation of cloud solutions.
  • Ensure compliance with best practices and standards for cloud security performance and cost optimization.
  • Lead platform engineering delivery for onboarding automation including Terraform modules pipelines and validations.
  • Define engineering standards including module quality state strategy pull request controls and drift management.
  • Embed security-by-default guardrails and partner on compliance evidence automation.
  • Operate the platform by ensuring reliability incident response SLOs/SLAs and continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience
  • GCP Python Advanced Level (69 years of experience)
  • 7 years of experience with:
    • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
    • Python
    • Terraform
    • Security
Required Qualifications
  • Deep hands-on experience with GCP and Terraform at scale.
  • Strong Python automation experience.
  • Experience leading platform teams and operating production-grade internal platforms.
  • Strong security and governance mindset in regulated environments.
Success Measures
  • High adoption of golden paths.
  • Reduced onboarding lead time.
  • Stable platform with low operational toil.

Pay rate: $66-$85 depending on experience

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DTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin ancestry age disability marital status veteran status or any other protected characteristic under Illinois state or federal law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and employment decisions are based solely on merit qualifications and business needs.

Required Experience:

Senior IC


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