What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps / Platform Engineer position at Vivacity Tech PBC?
Brief Description
The DevOps / Platform Engineer is responsible for managing and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure, with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role ensures the reliability, security, and scalability of systems that support business operations. This individual will proactively monitor environments, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate across teams to implement and maintain efficient, cloud-first solutions. This individual will play a key role in supporting multi-tenant systems, ensuring proper data isolation, security boundaries, and scalability across shared and tenant-specific resources.
This position can be performed remotely.
Essential Functions
The DevOps / Platform Engineer is responsible for managing and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure, with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role ensures the reliability, security, and scalability of systems that support business operations. This individual will proactively monitor environments, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate across teams to implement and maintain efficient, cloud-first solutions. This individual will play a key role in supporting multi-tenant systems, ensuring proper data isolation, security boundaries, and scalability across shared and tenant-specific resources.
This position can be performed remotely.
Essential Functions
- Administers and manages cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including compute, storage, networking, and IAM
- Provisions, configures, and maintains cloud resources using infrastructure-as-code and automation tools
- Monitors system performance, availability, and cost efficiency across cloud environments
- Implements and enforces security best practices, including identity management, access controls, and compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2)
- Manages backups, disaster recovery strategies, and business continuity processes within cloud environments
- Collaborates with engineering teams to support application deployments and optimize system performance
- Troubleshoots and resolves system and application-level issues in a timely manner
- Maintains and improves CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes with tools like Github Actions in collaboration with development teams
- Analyzes system usage and recommends scaling strategies to ensure performance and cost optimization
- Documents system configurations, processes, and procedures to ensure clarity and consistency
- Supports incident response efforts and participates in root cause analysis
- Provides on-call support to meet service level objectives and ensure system uptime
- Designs and supports multi-tenant architectures, including data isolation strategies, sharding approaches, and tenant-aware resource management
- Implements tenant-level monitoring, alerting, and observability to ensure performance and reliability across environments
- Continuously evaluates and implements new tools and technologies to improve system reliability and efficiency
- Perform other duties as assigned
- $120K Annual Salary DOE
- 401(k) with generous company match and immediate vesting
- Excellent Non-Accrued Paid Time Off policy
- Up to 80 hours Sick Time per year
- 96 hours off per year for volunteer opportunities
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Award winning work environment
- Development Reimbursement of $1000 per year
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Voluntary Benefits, Pet Insurance, and more
- Knowledge of cloud security principles, IAM roles, and access control models
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/GKE)
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across distributed systems
- Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls) in cloud environments
- Proficiency with scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Carry passion.
- Desire excellence.
- Keep dreaming.
- Build community.
- Be Vivacious.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience required
- 1–2 years of experience in a cloud infrastructure or DevOps role
- Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, and VPC networking
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform) and automation practices
- Hands-on experience supporting CI/CD workflows and modern deployment practices
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging)
- Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect) preferred
- Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer
Salary : $1,000 - $120,000