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Google Cloud Staff Platform Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA 95051

Posted: 01/29/2025 Employment Type: Contract Department: VMS Job Number: 30039 Industry: MDEV - Medical Device

Job Description

Job Title: Google Cloud Staff Platform Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity for Google Cloud Staff Platform Engineer with our client located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Job Description: The ideal candidate will have proven experience in DevOps GCP architecting/engineering within a regulated environment, support for mid-sized development teams, and success in developing infrastructure as code for dynamic environments.

Job Responsibilities:

• Focusing on infrastructure automation, cloud integration, and execution of infrastructure as code methodologies. This position will work closely with developers, DBAs, QA, and project managers throughout the software lifecycle in delivering best in class technical infrastructure to support external product delivery
• Automation (Infrastructure as code, patching, release management, etc.)
• Participate in the development, execution, and support of Infrastructure release management and operations
• Establish monitoring and infrastructure health reporting for advancement of self-healing infrastructure principles
• Enhance/extend a configuration/deployment/monitoring framework in partnership with Site Reliability Engineer(s)
• Support cloud environment on GCP
• Interact with internal customers and development team to gather and define requirements and document architecture
• Follows a formal design process using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and also adheres to regulations, standards, and established guidelines for development and delivery within area of responsibility
• Deploy and manage a DevOps pipeline using tools such as; Ansible, Gitlab, Terraform, Git
• Work with NoSQL Datastores (such as MongoDB) and RDMS like Microsoft SQL, MYSQL, PostGre
• Provides off-hours support for critical applications as required.

Job Qualifications:

• Travel: 15% (Travel to other offices on occasion)
• Knowledgeable DevOps, Systems/Infrastructure engineering experience with 5+ years of experience
• High character, willingness to learn, and member of a crew (not a bystander)
• Proficient with GCP technologies (Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud SQL, Kubernetes as a Service, etc.)
• Familiar with GCP Security Command Center and the DevSecOps model
• Knowledgeable with AWS technologies (EC2, VPC, EBS, ALB, RDS, S3, EKS etc.) preferred
• Knowledgeable with Linux OS, RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Rocky, and Ubuntu
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and attention to detail; mission-critical production support experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience in working effectively in cross-functional teams
• B.S in Computer Science or related technical major, or commensurate experience
• Knowledgeable in at least 2 programming languages (i.e. Python, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, etc)
• Experienced in Ansible, Terraform, or other configuration management and centralized configuration tools
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline and Build tools such as TeamCity, CircleCI, GitLab etc.
• Knowledgeable with Enterprise tools like Splunk, Nagios, ELK etc.
• Experienced with management of Kubernetes and Docker/Container are required.

Job Details:

• Contract: 12 months
• Pay Range: $70 - $77 an hour
• Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Only Locals)

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.

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