Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - GP

Responsibilities

• Enhance and manage a mature Terraform infrastructure for a vast and complex network architecture on GCP, focusing on scalability, maintainability, readability, and reusability.
• Refine Terraform state management to mitigate issues related to blocking states within larger teams.
• Upgrade CI/CD pipelines for network infrastructure deployment to GCP across various environments, aiming to improve time-to-market and implement testing and automation enhancements.
• Enhance test isolation for Terraform changes specifically related to network configurations to ensure stability and reliability.
• Develop custom Terraform providers for specific components as necessary to meet unique business needs.

Technical Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years of experience as BackEnd Developer with good understanding of SOLID principles, DRY, modularity and other best practices.
• At least 5 years of experience in roles such as DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or Cloud Developer.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform in production environments, with deep understanding of state management on high demanding and concurrent teams
• Proven experience with cloud services on GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline construction using Cloud Build (preferred), Github Actions, or Tekton.
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, including modularity, reusability, and adherence to 12-Factor App methodology.
• Strong Knowledge of TCP/IP networking protocols and fundamental security principles.
• Expertise in deep Google services, particularly PSC (Private Service Connect) and Load Balancers.
• Proficient with high level multi-paradigm languages such as Golang.
• Deep understanding with Git, including experience with pull requests, different git flows, branch management, and merge conflict resolution.
• Knowledge of traffic management strategies, tools, and technologies to optimize network flows and service delivery.
• Excellent communication skills and proficient in time management.

Bonus Skills

• Direct experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with advanced Terraform setups using frameworks like Terragrunt, Terraspace or Terratest.
• Proficiency in GitOps tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with distributed architecture concepts, including reverse proxies, web servers, load balancers, network layers, CIDR blocks, NAT, and strategies like blue-green deployments.
• Linux administration skills, with experience managing both servers and desktop environments.
• Proficient in scripting with Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.