Lead Cloud GCP Systems Engineer

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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 seeking a talented Lead Cloud GCP Engineer to join our team and contribute to the design, implementation, and management of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions. If you are passionate about cloud technologies, infrastructure as code, and optimizing cloud-based environments, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape our cloud strategy and drive innovation. We require an experienced Architect who can contribute to critical application and product development projects.

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Responsibilities

This resource will be working closely with the Cloud Architect to take defined requirements and lead the development of the necessary automation elements to deploy production workloads to our cloud environment

First Tier support for internal and external users

Design, install, configure and maintain cloud resources and develop recovery strategies for all systems

Monitor and evaluate to ensure timely upgrades and additions of IaaS/PaaS and software to meet growth requirements

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 overall 8 to 12 years of experience with minimum 5 years of production experience on any public cloud

Possesses Leadership traits, and has lead teams for at-least 2 years

Must have excellent communication skills

Thorough understanding of Security, Networks, Hybrid Cloud

A good understanding of GCP Architecture, Deployment architectures

Basic understanding/exposure to SRE

Design and implement solutions for clients considering the on-premise infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform

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.)