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# Google Cloud Platform Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** The Pre
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data as a Services, Identity and Access Management, Data Logging, Google Cloud
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/06b897ef-3455-47a7-b41b-6a8d5c48ace4

## About the Role

* 6+ years in cloud engineering or technical consulting, including 3+ years with Google Cloud Platform.
 * Practical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform projects, networking, IAM, compute, containers, data services, logging and monitoring.
 * Experience assessing application architectures and translating technical findings into readiness actions.
 * Strong workshop, listening, documentation and customer-facing communication skills.
 * Ability to distinguish guidance from formal security, risk or approval decisions.
 * Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certification is preferred.

## Description

Provide hands-on technical guidance to application teams during cloud pre-onboarding. Convert discussions into actionable readiness findings, resolve routine Google Cloud Platform questions and connect teams to the appropriate architecture, security or governance decision makers., * Participate in application-team discovery, office hours, readiness reviews and architecture clinics.

 * Capture workload inventory, dependencies, non-functional needs, identity needs, data considerations and operational expectations.
 * Use the agreed intake, qualification, scorecard, evidence and handoff templates consistently.
 * Explain relevant Google Cloud Platform platform patterns and help teams prepare the inputs expected by the cloud onboarding process.
 * Identify missing information, blockers and exceptions; resolve routine issues and escalate architectural decisions to the Advisory Lead.
 * Record decisions, frequently asked questions, friction points and candidate pattern improvements at source.
 * Coordinate follow-ups with customer teams and maintain continuity through the warm handoff.
 * Review offshore-prepared case packs and ensure they accurately reflect customer discussions., * Case records are complete, accurate and usable without repeated discovery.
 * Routine questions are resolved promptly and genuine exceptions reach the correct owner.
 * Application teams understand their next actions, evidence requirements and handoff path.
 * Onsite findings are transferred to the offshore advisor with minimal information loss.


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