Senior Cloud GCP Systems Engineer

Description

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Cloud GCP Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Senior GCP Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability. If you have a strong background in cloud technologies and a passion for building and maintaining cloud infrastructure, this role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our cloud-based initiatives.

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Responsibilities

- Responsible for fault-tolerance, high-availability, scalability, and security on Google Cloud Infrastructure and Platform
- Responsible for implementation of CI/CD pipelines with automated build and test systems
- Responsible for Production Deployment using Multiple Deployment Strategies
- Responsible for Automating the Google Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Deployment with Infrastructure as a Code
- Responsible for Automating System Configurations using Configuration Management Tools
- Good Understanding & implementation of Microservices Concepts and Best Practices
- Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities
- Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
- Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements
- Able to learn the services used in the environment quickly

Requirements

- Should have 5 to 8 years of overall experience with minimum 3 years of production experience on any public cloud
- Should have good communication Skills
- Has mentored system engineers and junior system engineers
- Good understanding of Security and networks
- Should have experience in GCP Services - Compute(CE, AE, CF, GKE, CR, pub/Sub), Storage, Data tools, Cloud Build
- Should have experience in GCP Networking fundamentals (VPC, VPN, Peering, Interconnect)
- Should have experience in GCP Security fundamentals (IAM, Service Accounts, Workload Iden- tity)
- Should have experience in Container Orchestration
- Should have experience in Container Registry - GCR
- Experience in setting up of Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, databases, firewall rules etc
- Working knowledge of Backup and Recovery methodology and imple- mentations on GCP
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code Tooling like Terraform
- Experience with at least one Configuration management tool like (An- sible, Packer, Salt, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
- Experience with Containerization like Dockers and Kubernetes
- Experience with windows or Linux/Unix administration and Unix shell scripting (bash))
- Experience with at least one Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Pipelines and tooling (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, Circle CI etc.)
- Cloud Migration / Modernization
- Experience with migrating/modernizing various workloads into GCP
- Has understanding of automated infrastructure discovery using the GCP native tools
- Experience with leveraging GCP migration toolset such as Migration Center, Database Migration Service, Cloud Foundation Toolkit, etc
- Knowledge of modernizing the application hosted on VM/servers to container-based deployment architecture
- Optimize Total Cost of Ownership by leveraging the right services in the GCP landscape

Nice to have

- Coding with modern languages like Python, Groovy
- Application development experience

We offer

- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
- Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
- Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms
- Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects
- Focused individual development
- Benefit package: Health benefits Retirement benefits Paid time off Flexible benefits
- Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)