Google Cloud Platform Engineer

This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a Google Cloud Platform Engineer.

Location: This position will be remote.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for developing in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, and debug. 

• Design scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Google environment
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals. 
• Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks. 
• Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments.
• Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies. 
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements. 
• Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks. 
• Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption.
• Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices.
• Develop migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
• Implement and maintain Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices.
• Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency.
• Support the design and development of Shared Services.
• Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
• Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability.
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
• Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management.
• Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
• Must have an active Secret clearance
• 1 or more cloud certifications
• US citizenship required
• Certifications: CompTIA Security or equivalent (IAT-2)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills. 
• Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk. 
• Cloud architecture and design experience.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
• Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes. 
• Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
• Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)
• Experience administering Windows Server, and related services. 
• Cloud certifications in Google clouds
  
  

Benefits

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance