GCP Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: GCP Platform Engineer

Description

Design, deploy, and maintain secure enterprise-grade GCP landing zones and platform capabilities using Infrastructure as Code. Configure networking, IAM security guardrails, CI/CD automation, and centralized observability and governance across GCP environments, including hybrid connectivity with Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure enterprise GCP landing zones with Infrastructure as Code

• Configure cloud networking (VPC topologies, interconnects, VPNs, DNS) and hybrid connectivity between GCP and Azure environments

• Implement robust IAM structures, least-privilege access policies, and security guardrails

• Develop, test, and maintain modular IaC solutions using Terraform

• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for platform provisioning, testing, and continuous deployment

• Implement central logging, monitoring, alerting, observability, and platform governance across all GCP environments

• Collaborate with data engineering and security teams to ensure the platform meets strict compliance and auditability requirements

Requirements

• 6–9 years of professional experience in cloud engineering, systems engineering, or DevOps roles

• Deep, hands-on engineering experience across core GCP services (Organization, Projects, VPCs, IAM, Cloud Interconnect, Security Command Center)

• Advanced proficiency in Terraform for multi-environment deployments

• Enterprise networking background including VPC peering, Cloud Routers, Shared VPCs, VPNs, firewalls, and hybrid-cloud integration

• Practical experience establishing hybrid/cross-cloud connectivity between Azure and GCP

• Strong experience building and automating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Cloud Build) and applying DevOps/GitOps best practices

• In-depth understanding of cloud security architecture, least-privilege IAM, encryption management (KMS), and compliance controls