Lead GCP/DevOps Engineer

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐂𝐏 / 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧/ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐓𝐗 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚: 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐂𝐏𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐏𝐓 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐇1𝐁 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 8+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐃: We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Lead GCP SRE / DevOps Engineer to spearhead the reliability, scalability, and automation of our cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, leading a team to design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, optimize Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, and enforce high availability across all production environments. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 · Design and maintain scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant infrastructure entirely within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). · Architect Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Terraform to manage multi-environment setups. · Optimize cloud spend and maximize performance across GCP services (GKE, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud SQL). 𝐂𝐈/𝐂𝐃 & 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 · Own the deployment lifecycle by building and optimizing automated CI/CD pipelines (using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins). · Drive containerization strategies using Docker and orchestration via Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). · Automate repetitive operational tasks ("toil") using scripting languages like Python, Go, or Bash. 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐒𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 · Define, measure, and report critical reliability metrics, including SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets. · Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using GCP Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog. · Lead incident response rotations and facilitate constructive, blameless post-mortems to prevent recurrence. 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 & 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 · 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or SRE roles, in GCP Platform · 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: Deep production-level expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). · 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Advanced hands-on experience managing production workloads on Kubernetes (specifically GKE). · 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞: Proficient with Terraform for state management and modular design. · 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠: Strong coding skills in Python or Go, alongside excellent shell scripting capabilities. · 𝐂𝐈/𝐂𝐃: Proven track record building enterprise-grade pipelines. · Experience migrating legacy workloads from on-premise or AWS/Azure into GCP. 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 & 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 · Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical stakeholders. · Proven ability to manage high-pressure live production incidents calmly and methodically. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞) · Certifications: GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect or GCP Certified Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer. · Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Anthos Service Mesh)