What are the responsibilities and job description for the GCP Engineer position at Redapt, Inc.?
GCP Engineer/Architect
6–12-month contract
Candidates can sit in the following locations:
- Seattle/Woodinville
- Plano, TX
- Jersey City
- Manhattan, NY
- Columbus, OH
Redapt Inc. is a pioneering world-class data center infrastructure integrator, technology engineering firm, and cloud services provider. Our teams focus on delivering innovative solutions and services that power our customers' most demanding applications and enable them to extract powerful insights from data that drive actual business value.
Our team is focused on delivering results through thoughtful design, clear processes, and strong organizational practices. We prioritize customer flexibility and build solutions that align with industry standards. We believe in open, direct communication and aim to be upfront and responsive from the start.
We are seeking an experienced GCP Engineer/Architect to design, implement, and optimize cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures that meet business and technical requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement GCP-based infrastructure for enterprise applications and workloads.
- Develop cloud architecture blueprints, ensuring alignment with best practices and compliance standards.
- Configure and manage compute, storage, networking, and security services in GCP.
- Implement Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, and security controls.
- Automate infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Deployment Manager, or similar IaC tools.
- Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines for GCP workloads.
- Monitor and troubleshoot cloud environments using Stackdriver, Cloud Logging, and Monitoring.
- Stay current with GCP innovations and recommend improvements to architecture and processes.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in cloud engineering or architecture roles.
- 3 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform services (Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of networking, security, and IAM in GCP.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Deployment Manager).
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (GKE, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud Engineer certification preferred.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with data services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub).
- Knowledge of multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Redapt is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.