GCP DevOps Engineer (12+ yrs exp)

Apptad is seeking a Senior GCP DevOps Engineer with a deep architectural mindset to design and manage their global cloud footprint. The role focuses on building a resilient, high-availability platform across multiple regions to ensure services are always-on and fast for a global user base.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement resilient architectures across multiple GCP regions and availability zones to ensure 99.99% uptime and robust disaster recovery
• Deploy and manage Global Cloud Load Balancing (GCLB) and Cloud DNS to optimize traffic flow and minimize latency
• Architect distributed database solutions (e.g., Cloud Spanner, Multi-region Cloud SQL) to maintain data consistency and availability
• Build and optimize sophisticated deployment pipelines using Cloud Build, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, focusing on 'canary' and 'blue-green' deployment patterns
• Standardize all infrastructure via Terraform, utilizing modular designs to ensure consistency across dev, staging, and production environments
• Manage environment-specific configurations and secrets using Secret Manager and Config Controller
• Oversee large-scale Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, implementing Multi-cluster Ingress and Anthos for cross-region workload orchestration
• Develop custom scaling metrics to ensure the platform expands seamlessly during peak loads and contracts during idle periods to maintain efficiency

Requirements:

• Extensive experience with GCP Network design, including Shared VPCs, Cloud Interconnect, and VPC Peering
• Mastery of Docker and Kubernetes (GKE), specifically in multi-cluster or multi-region configurations
• Expert-level proficiency in Terraform (specifically building reusable modules)
• Proven track record of conducting 'Chaos Engineering' or DR drills to test system durability