Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Req ID: 349158 

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We are currently seeking a Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP (Google Cloud Platform) to join our team in Plano, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

Job Description

Summary:

The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for advanced technical support, administration, and optimization of managed customer cloud environments spanning AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with primary focus on GCP. This position demands deep multi-cloud expertise, a strong understanding of managed services operations, and a proactive, problem-solving outlook. The lead Cloud Engineer will also participate in automation initiatives, incident and change management, and mentor junior team members.

 

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Operations & Support

Support Customer Self-Provision cloud instances across GCP, AWS, Azure and OCI with security guardrail and backend deployment.

Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents, performance issues, and service outages in production and staging environments.

Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.

Lead root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation for major incidents.

Execute patch management, upgrades, and regular maintenance activities.

Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies and operations.

Participate in on-call rotation and after-hours support as required.

Automation & Infrastructure Management

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or OCI Resource Manager.

Use scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate repetitive tasks and operational processes.

Champion the use of configuration management tools and assist in DevOps pipeline integrations.

Recommend and implement cost optimization, resource utilization, and rightsizing strategies.

Security & Compliance

Ensure adherence to security best practices, including least-privilege access, encryption, and network segmentation.

Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies and roles.

Monitor, identify, and remediate security vulnerabilities reported by scanning tools or external advisories.

Support compliance efforts related to customer and regulatory requirements (TxRAMP, ISO, SOC2, etc.).

Collaboration & Documentation

Work closely with application, security, and network teams for solution delivery and support.

Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance as needed.

Create and update technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.

Participate in client calls to provide technical input when required.

 

 

Requirements

Education & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.

At least two of the following certifications (or equivalent experience):

Google Professional Cloud Architect / Engineer 

AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps Administrator

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Solutions Architect Expert

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate/Professional

(Preferred) DevOps or automation certifications (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform).

(Preferred) ITIL Foundation or other support framework knowledge.

Experience

Primary Skill: GCP Senior

Secondary Skill: AZ/AWS/OCI

8-10 years’ experience

8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, operations, or support.

7+ years multi-cloud experience (must have hands-on in at least 4 of AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI; familiarity in all is preferred; AWS and Azure cloud are mandatory).

Direct experience in managed services/NOC/SOC/MSP environments is a plus.

Technical Skills

In-depth expertise with provisioning, configuring, securing, supporting, and optimizing cloud-native and hybrid workloads in GCP, AWS, Azure, and/or OCI.

Administration of compute, storage, networking, database, and PaaS services across supported platforms.

Deep hands-on knowledge in architecture, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting in major public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI).

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, etc.).

Familiarity with cloud-native security best practic