GCP Cloud Infrastructure Engineer : Republic Services

Summary

ShiftCode Analytics, Inc. is seeking a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and automation within the Google Cloud ecosystem, playing a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and secure cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• GCP Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and manage core GCP infrastructure services, ensuring high availability, performance, and security
• Networking and Security: Configure and maintain GCP networking components, including: Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), Cloud DNS, Firewall Rules, Cloud Load Balancing, Network peering and routing
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Security Controls: Implement and manage robust security policies, access controls, and GCP security controls to enforce the principle of least privilege and protect cloud resources
• Monitoring and Observability: Implement and utilize Cloud Logging and other GCP monitoring and logging services (e.g., Cloud Monitoring) to proactively identify, analyze, and resolve operational issues
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop, maintain, and manage infrastructure deployment using Terraform to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control across environments
• CI/CD & Version Control: Utilize Git for source control management and integrate infrastructure changes through automated workflows using GitHub Actions
• System Administration: Linux administration, scripting (Bash and Python), usage and maintenance of CLI tools and environment
• Collaboration: Work closely with development and operations teams to integrate cloud services into the CI/CD pipeline and ensure seamless deployment
• Documentation: Create clear and thorough documentation for cloud architecture, configuration, and operational procedures

Skills

• 3-5 years of professional experience working hands-on with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Demonstrated experience with GCP foundational services, including VPC and network configuration, Cloud DNS, IAM and authentication/authorization mechanisms and tools, Cloud Firewall and security best practices, both network and application layer load balancers
• Experience with IAC tools like Terraform for provisioning and managing GCP resources
• Practical experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions
• Strong administration skills in Linux environments
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Certificate is desirable
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and/or Python for automation and operational tasks
• Exposure to any container build tools like Docker, Podman, Buildah or similar
• Exposure to Kubernetes either standalone or via cloud providers (GKE or EKS)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3-5 years of professional experience working hands-on with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Demonstrated experience with GCP foundational services, including VPC and network configuration, Cloud DNS, IAM and authentication/authorization mechanisms and tools, Cloud Firewall and security best practices, both network and application layer load balancers
• Experience with IAC tools like Terraform for provisioning and managing GCP resources
• Practical experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions
• Strong administration skills in Linux environments
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Nice to Haves

• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Certificate is desirable
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and/or Python for automation and operational tasks
• Exposure to any container build tools like Docker, Podman, Buildah or similar
• Exposure to Kubernetes either standalone or via cloud providers (GKE or EKS)