GCP DevOps Engineer

Lead the design, automation, and operation of scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud, leveraging Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines. Drive Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, and DevSecOps practices to enable reliable and secure application deployments. Manage enterprise-grade CI/CD ecosystems using Jenkins, Docker, Helm, and Git-based workflows while integrating quality and security scanning tools. Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to optimize platform reliability, performance, and automation across hybrid and public cloud environments., * Deep knowledge on Google Cloud Platform - GCP Certification and Kubernetes Cloud Certification

• Write and maintain high-quality Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (eg, Ansible, Python, Terraform).
• Unix administration skills. Bash/Shell Scripting.
• CI/CD Tools and Architecture: Proficiency with tools like Jenkins and a strong understanding of pipeline service design patterns.
• Expert level Docker, Kubernetes, Helm charts expertise for managing API workload builds, integrations and deployments.
• Very good understanding on Google cloud services such as GKE, MIGs, CloudSQL, MemoryStore including integration patterns with GKE workloads.
• Good understanding on monitoring tools such as Datadog, AppDynamics, Grafana for tooling integrations
• Well conversant on git branching strategy to manage builds using Java Maven, NPM build tools and repositories like Nexus, GCR
• Kubernetes and Hosting VMs: Deep knowledge and hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters or virtual machines (GKE).
• Enterprise DevOps Knowledge: Familiarity with enterprise DevOps environments, including networks and Firewalls.
• Work with hybrid cloud and public cloud.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and deployment processes.
• Hands on experience on automation of build, deployments, code scanning tools such as Sonar, Checkmarx, container scan, automation of tooling integration using web services via pipelines.
• Hands on skills for building Jenkins scripted pipelines using groovy language along with as multi-branching, web hooks, credentials, permissions usage.

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE & Kubernetes
• Docker, Helm Charts & Containerization
• Terraform, Ansible, Python & Shell Scripting
• Jenkins CI/CD, Groovy Pipelines & Git
• DevSecOps (SonarQube, Checkmarx, Container Scanning)
• Linux/Unix Administration & Troubleshooting
• Datadog, Grafana & AppDynamics Monitoring
• Hybrid Cloud, Networking & Firewall Concepts

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• GCP/CKA/CKAD Certifications, CloudSQL, Memorystore, Enterprise Networking, API Platforms, Hybrid Cloud, SRE, Agile Delivery.