DevOps Engineer (GCP)

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

· Deploying, automating, maintaining and managing GCP (Google Cloud Platform) to ensure the availability, performance, scalability and security of production systems.

· 10+ years’ experience with using a broad range of GCP technologies to develop and maintain a GCP based cloud solution, with an emphasis on DevOps best practices.

· Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime GCP environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.

· Monitoring Tools: Experience with system monitoring tools on GCP

· Experience with GCP Core Services: Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL

· Experience with Infra, networking, Terraform, CICD Pipelines and Deployment on GCP.

· Preferred Certifications: Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer / Architect, CKA (Kubernetes Administrator).

· Process: Familiarity with ITIL, Change Advisory Board (CAB) workflows, and incident management.

· Ability to analyze and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues.

· Build, release and configuration management of production systems.

· System troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains.

· Agile Methodologies: Experience with Agile software development

Roles & Responsibilities

 Key Expectations: 

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with clients, sponsors, and stakeholders to understand challenges and align solutions with business goals. 

Requirement Gathering: Attend discussions with the customer to translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories. 

Google Cloud Platform Expertise: Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Google Cloud capabilities, guiding customers towards the most optimal solution. 

Implementation Support: Work with technical teams, provide input on testing, and support UAT and deployment. 

Documentation: Create process documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional design documents. 

Generic Managerial Skills:

Common Focus Areas: 

· Serve as a liaison to coordinate with cross-functional teams and provide regular updates to technology and business stakeholders

· Identify, mitigate and resolve technical issues and project risks

· Ensure project meets specifications and quality standards

· Proficient in Agile methodology and tools - Jira, Confluence etc.

· Critical analytical and problem-solving skills