Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Description :

Key Responsibilities :

1. Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

- Design, provision, and maintain scalable GCP infrastructure following Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) principles.

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt to ensure modular, reusable, and version-controlled deployments.

- Manage multi-project GCP environments with strong IAM, networking, and resource hierarchy policies.

2. Security, Compliance & Governance :

- Implement and manage Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) frameworks and enforce organizational security baselines.

- Configure and maintain Cloud Armor, Palo Alto Firewalls, and VPNs for network security and access control.

- Collaborate with InfoSec teams on BCDR, IAM, and compliance audits (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.).

- Integrate and manage SIEM solutions (e.g., Chronicle, Splunk, Cloud Logging) for proactive threat detection and log analysis.

3. Observability & Reliability :

- Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using Google Cloud Operations Suite (Stackdriver), Prometheus, and Grafana.

- Build standardized observability dashboards and configure SLO-based alerting.

- Collaborate with development teams for enhanced application-level logging and tracing.

4. Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

- Design and implement BCDR strategies, including cross-region replication, failover automation, and data recovery plans.

- Conduct DR drills, backup verification, and failover testing in alignment with SLAs.

5. Networking & Connectivity

- Manage hybrid connectivity using Cloud VPN, Interconnect, and VPC Peering.

- Configure firewall policies, routing, and subnet isolation to enforce Zero-Trust Architecture principles.

- Troubleshoot network bottlenecks, DNS, and latency issues.

6. CI/CD & Automation

- Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.

- Integrate automated testing, security scanning, and policy enforcement within delivery pipelines.

- Automate operational processes for improved efficiency and reduced manual intervention.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 510 years of DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure experience.

- Strong hands-on experience in GCP (IAM, VPC, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage).

- Expertise in Terraform, IaC, and modular infrastructure design.

- Deep understanding of Cloud Security, Networking, and BCDR in enterprise environments.

- Experience with Cloud Armor, WAF, Palo Alto Firewalls, and VPNs.

- Proficiency with SIEM, CSPM, and cloud-native security monitoring tools.

- Knowledge of observability stacks Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry.

- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.

- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Build, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

Preferred Skills (Good to Have) :

- Familiarity with Google Cloud Organization Policies, Landing Zone architectures, and Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT).

- Understanding of security frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST 800-53, and SOC2.

- Experience in Fintech / BFSI or other regulated industries with strong compliance requirements.

- Working knowledge of Kubernetes (GKE) and Service Mesh (Istio/Anthos).

- Experience with Policy-as-Code tools like OPA, Conftest, or Terraform Sentinel.