Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer

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Hope you are doing well,

Myself Mankar from Photon and I have a position with our direct client, please send me your updated resume if you are interested

Job Title: Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer

Springfield, MO Onsite

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Google Cloud Platform Lead Platform Engineer to join our team in the US and lead ongoing Greenfield projects in Google Cloud Platform for one of our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Support ongoing application deployments in various Google Cloud Platform environments like Development, Testing, UAT, Preproduction and Production

• Develop and maintain IaC code for Google Cloud Platform environment deployments
• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines for the UI and API Applications
• Maintain Code Quality in the CI pipelines using Static Code Analysis tools and libraries.
• Help integrate UI applications with CDN for optimization and caching
• Work with Platform Engineering and Automation teams to coordinate Firewall changes
• Plan and work on controlled Production applications releases through Change Management processes
• Revise and maintain documentation related to Google Cloud Platform
• Collaborate with onsite cross-functional teams to understand application requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to Google Cloud Platform infrastructure and services.
• Stay updated with the latest Google Cloud Platform features, tools, and best practices.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and provide daily updates of the work progress
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to offshore Google Cloud Platform Lead Platform engineers.
• Provide after-hours and on-call support (CT time zone) for the underlying Google Cloud Platform infrastructure running various Applications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with Terraform
• Minimum of 3 years of CI/CD tools Jenkins, SonarQube
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Docker and Containerization
• Minimum of 2 years of Scripting experience in Bash/Shell, Groovy (for Jenkins)
• Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform services and concepts such as: GKE, Artifact Registry, Cloud Armor, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Big Query, Bigtable, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Cloud Functions, Memory store, Load Balancers, Cloud DNS, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Private Google Access, VPC Firewall rules and VPC Peering

• Excellent understanding of Networking (including VPC, VPN, and Partner interconnect), Security, and IAM in Google Cloud Platform
• Exposure to these Atlassian tools is required: JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket
• Working knowledge on YAML and JSON is mandatory
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, documentation, presentation, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have:

• Any Google Cloud Platform Cloud certification is a big plus
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform Apigee API management and Microservices architecture is a big plus
• Experience in Security Command Center (SCC) and Network Command Center (NCC) is a big plus
• Experience with build tools like NPM (NodeJS) and Gradle (Java) is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge about Akamai integration is highly desirable
• Experience with Snyk (Security) is a plus.
• Experience with Dynatrace, Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring is a plus.
• Experience with Data Engineering products like Dataflow, DataStream, and Database Migration Service is a plus
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform cloud cost management and optimization strategies is a plus.
• Experience with Hybrid cloud environments (On-Premises and Google Cloud Platform)