Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Infrastructure Engineer Responsibilities

●    Design, build, and/or set up cloud infrastructure, including projects and Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
●    Provision, manage, optimize, and secure infrastructure.
●    Operate, manage, and monitor the reliability and performance of the central platform and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
●    Manage CI/CD pipelines and tooling, and create reusable pipelines, processes, and tools for teams consuming the cloud platform services.
●    Establish and enforce resource (e.g., usage quotas) and access (e.g., RBAC) policies, and secure workloads and tenants.
●    Provide capacity reporting and cost optimization guidance.
●    Oversee the company's cloud, application, and platform architecture.
●    Troubleshoot and resolve cloud platform-wide issues or outages.

Skills

Candidates must demonstrate hands-on experience and proficiency in the following areas of GCP:
●    GCP Foundations Core & Security
●    Hands-on experience in GCP Foundations, including Identity, Federation, IAM, and Security (covering network security, virtual machine (VM) security, secret management, and key management utilizing Cloud KMS).
●    Expertise in Networking (VPC topology, VPC Peering, VPN, Cloud DNS) and implementing security controls (e.g., firewalls)
●    Expertise in GCP security architecture and best practices for securing multi-tenant environments.
●    Automation and IaC
●    Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for automating the creation and management of GCP resources.
●    Experience in leveraging tools like Terraform for building and deploying production-capable IaC modules.
●    Familiarity with repeatable deployment using Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) practices with tools like Cloud Build and GitHub.
●    Workloads
●    Hands-on experience in at least two out of four GCP workloads below -
■    Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), container orchestration (e.g., standard vs. autopilot), node pools, workload availability requirements, Cloud Run etc
■    GCE
■    GCVE
■    Cloud Run/Cloud Functions 
●    Soft Skills
●    Good communication skills necessary to conduct customer sessions (e.g., facilitating module workshops and technical deep dives).

Good to Have Criteria

Skills that are beneficial for acceleration and comprehensive delivery:
●    Observability: Experience defining resource and audit logging tools and processes, including setting up aggregated log sinks and critical alert types for communication.
●    Security Posture: Familiarity with establishing governance controls such as Security Command Center configuration and defining organizational policies for restricting capabilities within GCP

Qualifications and Prior Experience

●    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
●    5 years of experience on any major CSP:  Cloud infrastructure design, network architecture design & implementation, Cloud security, logging & monitoring
●    2 years of experience client-facing roles, troubleshooting technical issues, and working with engineering/sales teams/customers.
●    Customer facing cloud migration experience, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.

Certifications

At least one professional certification amongst these:
●    Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
●    Professional Cloud Security Engineer (PCSE)
●    Professional Cloud Network Engineer (PCNE)