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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Google Cloud Engineer - **Company:** Robert Half - **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Key Management, Performance Tuning, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** July 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/EDCF862B2C14416A82E5618294CFCD68/job/ ## About the Role * 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related technical role. * Strong, recent hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform, including services such as Pub/Sub and BigQuery. * Proven experience using Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code practices. * Background building automation scripts and CI/CD workflows for repeatable, reliable deployment and operational processes. * Experience working with Kubernetes in production environments, including deployment, scaling, and ongoing platform support. * Solid understanding of cloud security principles, including least-privilege access, network controls, secrets handling, and compliance-aware design. * Demonstrated ability to support incident response, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization in complex cloud environments. ## Description We are looking for a Google Cloud Engineer to support secure, scalable, and reliable cloud environments for teams building advanced technology solutions in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a Contract position focused on strengthening production infrastructure, improving automation, and enabling high-performing engineering and data workflows on Google Cloud. The ideal candidate brings deep experience with a systems administration or applications background compared to only DevOps experience. 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