Job Title: Cloud Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)
Location: Remote

Principal Engineer (Cloud DevOps):

Configure and deploy VPC environments and cloud instances, as designed by the Cloud Architect, to meet the needs across all hosted workloads
Evaluate and collaborate with SecOps team to establish security controls necessary to meet policy and standards from the CISO, ideally in a templated and automated manner
Analyze and recommend new cloud platform capabilities for consideration for adoption
Manage users/orgs/groups/access within the cloud platform, based on requirements defined by the Identity Access Management team
Create monitoring and reporting capabilities to meet the management needs of the cloud platform
Follow standards and procedures (SOPs) for consumption of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS (via IaC).
Communicate/advocate capabilities of the cloud platform to drive adoption
Work with SecOps resources to ensure network security policy is established in a consistent, repeatable and automated manner
Escalate if/when roadblocks or delays arise that cannot be addressed via 1:1 interaction
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Monitoring system availability across a multi-vendor technology stack, to be able to maximize availability and rapidly diagnose/resolve issues when they arise
Establishing the capabilities to minimize costs (instance scheduling, scale-up/down, self-provisioning, etc.) to compel application owners to run their apps in the cloud.
Handling multiple project needs concurrently without affecting project deadlines

Required tasks to fulfill primary responsibility:

Provision cloud services (server instances, storage, reporting, monitoring, security, etc.) to meet project requirements
Subject matter expert for project teams requiring input and work from the Cloud Operations team
Engage other infrastructure and operations teams as needed to meet project needs
Escalate if/when roadblocks or delays arise that cannot be addressed via 1:1 interaction
Work MST Timezone

Cloud Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)

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