Cloud Engineer - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) + JP needed

Seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer with a strong background in container orchestration and cloud platform operations. In this position, you will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and automating a modern Kubernetes-based platform running on Google Cloud. The role requires close collaboration with engineering, operations, and delivery teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments that support business-critical applications.

What You'll Do

• Build, administer, and continuously improve Kubernetes environments hosted on Google Cloud across development, testing, and production stages.
• Develop and maintain highly available cluster architectures while ensuring scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Configure cloud networking components including private networking, shared network architectures, and secure connectivity between workloads.
• Manage identity, authentication, and authorization within the Kubernetes platform, implementing role-based access controls and secure workload authentication.
• Oversee platform maintenance activities including version upgrades, compute resource optimization, node management, automated scaling, and lifecycle planning.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using modern provisioning frameworks and reusable deployment templates.
• Implement automated application deployment practices using Git-centric delivery methodologies and continuous deployment tooling.
• Configure and support Kubernetes platform services such as ingress management, traffic routing, policy enforcement, and service mesh capabilities.
• Design monitoring, alerting, logging, and metrics solutions that provide operational visibility across the platform.
• Develop automation scripts and configuration management workflows to simplify repetitive operational activities.
• Partner with software engineering teams to establish deployment standards, namespace governance, resource allocation, and operational best practices.
• Participate in release coordination, environment readiness, production deployments, and operational support activities.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise Kubernetes platforms within production environments.
• Practical experience working with Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes services in enterprise deployments.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts including private cluster design, virtual networking, secure routing, and network segmentation.
• Experience developing infrastructure automation using declarative provisioning tools.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes package management and application deployment practices.
• Experience implementing Kubernetes security controls, identity integration, and permission management.
• Familiarity with Git-based deployment strategies and automated software delivery pipelines.
• Experience using automation tools for infrastructure configuration and operational workflows.
• Good understanding of container security practices including image validation, vulnerability management, and deployment governance.

Desirable Skills

• Industry-recognized certifications in Kubernetes, Google Cloud, or cloud-native DevOps technologies.
• Experience implementing service mesh technologies within Kubernetes environments.
• Exposure to AI, machine learning, or data processing workloads deployed on container platforms.
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-team Kubernetes environments with shared platform services.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering principles, including service objectives, reliability metrics, and operational performance measurement.

Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate combines deep technical expertise with a collaborative approach to platform engineering. They are passionate about automation, cloud-native technologies, operational excellence, and building secure, scalable infrastructure that enables development teams to deliver software efficiently.