Senior Google Cloud Engineer

Robert Half
Salt Lake City, United States of America
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Salt Lake City, United States of America

Tech stack

Google BigQuery
Cloud Engineering
Monitoring of Systems
Identity and Access Management
Key Management
Data Logging
Google Cloud Platform
Cloud Platform System
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Firewall Services Module
Terraform

Job description

  • Design and manage production-grade workloads on Google Cloud, ensuring security, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Develop and enforce infrastructure standards for identity, networking, data protection, and secrets management.
  • Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline infrastructure provisioning, testing, and deployment.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform to enhance scalability and repeatability.
  • Troubleshoot incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, and refine system monitoring and alerting mechanisms.
  • Enhance and maintain private connectivity, firewall policies, and least-privilege access for secure cloud environments.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review and optimize designs, threat models, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor team members on cloud best practices, operational excellence, and sustainable on-call strategies.
  • Improve visibility into cloud costs, system performance, and logging to support organizational goals.

Requirements

  • Participate in post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement of backup, recovery, and capacity management strategies. Requirements - Minimum of 7 years of experience in cloud engineering, with a focus on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Proficiency in using Google Cloud services such as Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and Kubernetes.
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
  • Strong expertise in creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
  • Solid understanding of networking, identity management, and data protection in cloud environments.
  • Experience with scripting and automation to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and cost optimization tools in cloud ecosystems.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions. Technology Doesn't Change the World, People Do., All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

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About the company

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