Senior Google Cloud Engineer
About the position Valtech is looking to hire a Senior Google Cloud Engineer to join our growing capabilities team. In this hands-on role, you will contribute to project delivery, driving advanced cybersecurity initiatives for workloads within the Google Cloud ecosystem. If you are innovative, passionate about Google Cloud technologies, security, automation, and enjoy continually learning and sharing expertise, read on! This position is onsite in the Greater New York City area 3 days per week, and remote 2 days per week.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage Google Cloud infrastructure components, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC networking, IAM, and security configurations.
- Architect and optimize cloud environments for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Build and maintain cloud-native solutions leveraging GCP services such as BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Run.
- Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terraform and Python to streamline deployments and configuration management.
- Integrate DevOps practices for continuous delivery, monitoring, and operational excellence across cloud environments.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Google Cloud Monitoring and Logging to ensure high availability and proactive issue resolution.
- Conduct root-cause analysis for cloud-related incidents and performance issues, ensuring timely remediation and prevention strategies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and design pragmatic, secure, and scalable cloud solutions.
- Ensure compliance and security best practices across all cloud deployments, including identity management and data protection.
- Manage project timelines, dependencies, and risks while delivering high-quality cloud solutions.
- Perform technical due diligence for new cloud initiatives and provide recommendations for optimization and modernization.
Requirements
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must hold either U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident (Green Card) status.
- Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
- Proficiency in code development and scripting in Python
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Deployment Manager) for automated provisioning and configuration.
- Experience with Pub/Sub and Data ingestion
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and IAM best practices.
- Proficiency in Google Cloud services such as GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and Cloud SQL.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Google Cloud Build and DevOps practices for cloud deployments.
- Experience in implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting using Google Cloud Monitoring and Logging.
- Cybersecurity fundamentals
- More than 5 years of experience in cloud engineering or similar roles.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience contributing to packaged software libraries in open-source or industry repositories
- Proficiency in front and back-end web application development stacks and frameworks, including APIs
- Experience with data/analytics/machine learning
- Experience with Google Dataflow
- Experience with Looker Core, BQML
- Experience with VertexAI
- AI proficiency for productivity
Benefits
- Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
- Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
- Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, plus employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts