GCP Cloud Engineer/Architect

The GCP Cloud Engineer supports federal cloud modernization initiatives by designing, implementing, and optimizing secure, scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. This role focuses on professional services delivery, cloud architecture, and hands-on engineering rather than operations and maintenance. The engineer collaborates with application, data, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams to enable modern, resilient cloud solutions., · Design and implement cloud networking solutions including VPCs, routing, firewalls, and VPN/interconnects

· Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Kubernetes-native tooling

· Implement CI/CD and GitOps workflows using GitHub or GitLab with ArgoCD/Argo Workflows

· Support data and application platforms including BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Run, Firestore, and Pub/Sub

· Provide architecture guidance, documentation, and best-practice recommendations

· Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with federal and enterprise standards, August Schell is a cleared federal contractor. Due to our facility security and U.S. government contracting requirements, all employees must be U.S. citizens. Are you a U.S. citizen?* Are you willing to obtain/maintain a DoD clearance?* Do you possess a GCP Professional Architect or Security Engineer certification?* Are you open to travel?* The following questions are entirely optional. To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more. Gender Race/Ethnicity

· 4-6+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience

· Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

· Kubernetes/GKE deployment and operations experience

· Cloud networking expertise (VPC, subnets, routing, firewall rules, load balancing)

· Experience with IAM, service accounts, and organization policies

· Proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices

· Familiarity with Linux, containers, YAML, and CI/CD pipelines

· Strong communication and customer-facing skills

· Ability to work independently and manage ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

· GCP Professional Architect or Security Engineer certification

· Experience with BigQuery, Dataflow, Firestore, or Vertex AI

· Experience with Crossplane, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks

· Exposure to Splunk, Cribl, Databricks, or similar analytics platforms

· Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or federal cloud environments

· Java application deployment or modernization experience, · Professional services and modernization focused

· Customer-facing engineering role

· Opportunity to grow into a multi-cloud or multi-OEM subject matter expert

Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran

• A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
• A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.