Google Cloud (GCP) Engineer #w2
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri (Preferred locals)
12 months + Contract
Note: No H1B/OPT/CPT
Summary
Build, deploy, automate, secure, and support cloud infrastructure and applications on Google Cloud Platform. Implement architectures using infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, containers, and cloud-native services.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and deploy GCP infrastructure and applications using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks.
- Implement and maintain secure networking, IAM, storage, and monitoring solutions.
- Deploy and support containerized workloads on Kubernetes/GKE.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues.
- Collaborate with architects and application teams to implement cloud-native solutions.
Mandatory Qualifications
- 3+ years of cloud or infrastructure engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience with GCP services.
- Knowledge of compute, networking, IAM, storage, and monitoring.
- Experience with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with Linux, scripting, CI/CD, and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes/GKE.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Apigee, or Dataflow.
- Multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud experience.
- Experience supporting regulated environments.
- Knowledge of DevOps, SRE, security automation, or FinOps.
Certifications
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer
- Terraform Associate
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)