Lead DevOps Engineer - GCP in Mundelein

We’re looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to spearhead the implementation of Google’s Edge Platform across our enterprise infrastructure. This is a high-impact opportunity to architect and deploy resilient, scalable DevOps solutions in a mission-critical environment while guiding a growing team and influencing best practices organization-wide.

• 7+ years in infrastructure architecture, DevOps, or cloud engineering roles. \n

• Deep, hands-on expertise with Terraform (advanced level), including reusable modules, remote state, and workspaces. \n

• Advanced knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and architectural patterns. \n

• Proficient in Python scripting for infrastructure automation and integration. \n

• Proven experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflow \n

• Deep, hands-on expertise with on Kubernetes or GKE. \n, n \n

• Experience with GDCC (Google Distributed Cloud) and Google Edge. \n

• Strong understanding of Cloud IAM, RBAC, and Workload Federation for secure authentication across services. \n

• Solid background in cloud security, including encryption, firewall policies, VPC design, and service accounts.

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• Advanced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architecture Design \n

• Kubernetes and Container Orchestration \n

• Build highly reusable and modular Terraform modules for multi-environment infrastructure deployments. \n

• Develop secure and automated CI/CD pipelines using tools like Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Spinnaker. \n

• Design and enforce robust and Access Management (IAM) strategies using Workload Federation, OIDC, and RBAC on GCP and GDCC. \n

• Integrate and manage GCP- services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, Secret Manager, and Pub/Sub. \n

• Leverage Anthos and GKE Enterprise for managing Kubernetes workloads across distributed environments. \n

• Drive infrastructure observability and logging using Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Operations Suite. \n

• Collaborate with application, security, and DevOps teams to ensure compliance with cloud security and regulatory standards. \n

• Monitor and optimize cloud performance, cost, and scalability \n

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