Cloud Engineer (Google Cloud Platform) Embedded Architecture & Delivery

• We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) expertise to embed within application development teams and drive high-quality cloud architecture and implementation. This role combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, ensuring teams select and implement the right Google Cloud Platform services and patterns.
• You will operate as a technical leader across multiple teams, owning cloud-related decisions, accelerating delivery, and raising the overall engineering maturity of our application development organization.

What You ll Do

• Own and guide Google Cloud Platform architecture decisions for application teams, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency

• Embed with development teams to accelerate delivery on high-priority initiatives

• Act as a bridge between application teams and platform engineering, leveraging shared capabilities while adapting them to real-world needs

• Design and implement infrastructure using Terraform, including:

• Internal enterprise modules

• Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (CFF) modules

• Custom extensions where needed

Contribute directly to delivery with a hands-on approach (~50% coding/building)

Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues; serve as a Tier 3 escalation point

Help define and mature CI/CD and DevSecOps practices using GitLab and enterprise standards

Guide teams in adopting secure, scalable patterns across networking, IAM, and service design

Upskill and mentor developers on cloud-native development and infrastructure practices

Provide pragmatic guidance balancing best practices with delivery speed

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) in production environments
• Proven ability to design and implement cloud architectures, not just operate them
• Deep experience with Terraform in enterprise environments
• Experience working with or extending modular IaC frameworks (e.g., CFF or similar)
• Background supporting or embedding within application development teams

Technical Skills

• Google Cloud Platform services across compute and application platforms (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine)

• Strong understanding of:

• IAM and security design

• Networking (VPCs, connectivity, service access)

• Observability and troubleshooting

CI/CD experience, preferably with GitLab pipelines

Familiarity with Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) concepts (e.g., Humanitec or similar)

Ways of Working

• Comfortable owning decisions and influencing without authority
• Able to move between teams and contexts quickly
• Strong troubleshooting mindset able to dig into complex issues and resolve them hands-on
• Passion for mentoring and elevating other engineers
• Pragmatic: knows when to standardize and when to adapt

Nice to Have

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification
• Experience with Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (CFF)
• Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms
• Exposure to DevSecOps and enterprise security practices

Role Characteristics

• 50/50 split between hands-on engineering and architectural guidance
• No on-call responsibilities, but acts as a senior escalation point
• Floats across teams, with the ability to focus deeply on critical initiatives
• Reports into Application Development leadership while partnering closely with Platform Engineering