Platform Infrastructure Engineer GCP - Full Time - US-based Remote (Occasional Travel)
Platform Infrastructure Engineer (GCP) - Full Time - US-based Remote (Occasional Travel) We're seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer (GCP) to lead and support modernization and migration efforts across critical cloud infrastructure programs. This role is ideal for engineers with hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, IaC (Terraform), and GCP-native services. You'll work across cross-functional teams to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure platforms, contributing to digital transformation efforts for public sector clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support scalable, secure workloads.
- Lead or contribute to cloud migration and legacy modernization initiatives from on-prem to GCP.
- Develop, maintain, and review Terraform modules and enforce IaC best practices for infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Collaborate with Architects, Security, and Networking teams to ensure platforms meet compliance, performance, and resiliency requirements.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/logging solutions, and automated guardrails.
- Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of production infrastructure.
- Support documentation and knowledge sharing around infrastructure architecture, standards, and runbooks.
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 1+ years on GCP.
- Proven experience with infrastructure migration (on-prem to GCP or multi-cloud to GCP).
- Proficiency in networking concepts, VPC design, IAM policies, cloud security, and resource provisioning in GCP.
- Solid hands-on expertise in Terraform and IaC practices. Experience with one or more scripting languages - Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Cloud Operations, Prometheus/Grafana, etc.). Preferred/Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Associate Cloud Engineer, or DevOps Engineer).
- Knowledge of multi-region HA/DR architecture design
- Experience aligning infrastructure with compliance frameworks like FedRAMP
- Background in site reliability engineering (SRE).
- Exposure to cloud cost optimization tools and FinOps practices
- Familiarity with containerized workloads and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, GKE). Job Type Full Time Work Type US-based Remote with Occasional Travel Time Zone EST Apply To this Job