Cloud Platform Engineer

Description : Summary :The Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for implementing all GCP resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), establishing CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure testing and deployment, and configuring comprehensive monitoring that ensures 99.9% platform availability.This role is critical to preventing configuration drift, security vulnerabilities, and deployment failures that cause production outages at enterprise scale.The Platform Engineer ensures infrastructure changes are tested, version-controlled, and reversible, enabling rapid, safe deployment of security updates and platform enhancements critical for maintaining HIPAA compliance and healthcare operations availability.Required Qualifications : Infrastructure as Code Expertise : - 5+ years of cloud infrastructure engineering experience with at least 2+ years focused on Infrastructure as Code.- Expert-level Terraform proficiency including : - Advanced module development with complex dependencies.- State management, workspaces, and remote backends.- Provider configuration and version pinning.- Resource lifecycle management and import procedures.- Terraform Cloud or Enterprise experience (preferred).- Experience implementing CI/CD for infrastructure using Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.- Strong understanding of infrastructure automation patterns and DevOps practices.- Proficiency with Git including branching strategies, pull requests, and code review workflows.Google Cloud Platform Experience : - Strong GCP knowledge across compute, storage, networking, and security services.- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud SDK (gcloud CLI) for scripting and automation.- Understanding of GCP organizational hierarchy (organizations, folders, projects, resources).- Experience with VPC networking including subnets, firewall rules, Cloud VPN, and VPC peering.- Knowledge of IAM at organizational scale including custom roles, conditions, and service accounts.- Familiarity with GCP security services (VPC Service Controls, Cloud KMS, DLP, Security Command Center).Monitoring & Observability : - Experience implementing Cloud Monitoring and Logging for production systems.- Knowledge of SLI/SLO frameworks and error budget tracking.- Proficiency with log analysis and troubleshooting using Cloud Logging.- Understanding of alerting best practices and on-call procedures.- Experience with dashboard creation for different stakeholder audiences.- Familiarity with distributed tracing for complex system debugging.DevOps & SRE Practices : - Strong understanding of DevOps principles including automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.- Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and methodologies.- Knowledge of incident management procedures and post-mortem processes.- Understanding of capacity planning and performance optimization.- Experience with deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling updates).- Familiarity with chaos engineering and resiliency testing.Scripting & Programming : - Strong Python or Go proficiency for automation scripting and tooling development.- Proficiency with Bash scripting for operational automation.- Understanding of YAML for configuration management and pipeline definitions.- Experience with Jinja2 or similar templating for dynamic configuration generation.- Basic understanding of data structures and algorithms for efficient scripting.Preferred Qualifications : - Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.- Healthcare industry experience with understanding of HIPAA compliance requirements.- Experience with policy-as-code tools (Terraform Sentinel, OPA, Config Validator).- Knowledge of Kubernetes and GKE for containerized workload management.- Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Anthos Service Mesh).- Experience with HashiCorp Vault or similar secret management solutions.- Background in security hardening and compliance automation.- Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization.- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).- Knowledge of GitOps patterns using tools like ArgoCD or Flux. (ref:hirist.tech)