
Lead CloudOps Engineer
C the Signs
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Connecticut • Massachusetts • United States
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About the role
- Lead day-to-day monitoring and management of GCP infrastructure, focusing on reliability, uptime, security, performance, and compliance
- Manage GKE clusters, including cluster lifecycle, node pools, workload deployment, and operational best practices.
- Implement and maintain GCP networking: VPCs, firewall rules, service networking, and private connectivity.
- Support data and application teams using GCP services such as BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run.
- Own and maintain Terraform configurations for GCP and AWS using reusable modules, remote state, policy checks, and automation pipelines.
- Automate environment provisioning, scaling, and configuration with CI/CD tools such as Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Jenkins.
- Build tooling and workflows that improve developer productivity (automated builds, deployments, secrets management, ephemeral environments).
- Build and enhance observability stacks using Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/Elastic, or OpenTelemetry.
- Lead incident response, troubleshooting, RCA generation, and post-incident improvement efforts.
- Define and manage SLOs, error budgets, and operational runbooks.
- Ensure secure configurations across cloud services, Kubernetes workloads, secrets storage, and network boundaries.
- Implement guardrails and compliance automation using IAM best practices, GCP Organization Policies, and Terraform checks.
- Work with security and compliance teams to meet HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, or internal audit requirements.
- Maintain stability of a pre-existing AWS environment by performing tasks such as:
- - Reviewing IAM roles and security posture
- - Supporting workloads on EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3
- - Troubleshooting infrastructure or networking issues
- - Managing configurations, upgrades, and patching
- Assist teams that rely on AWS-hosted systems and ensure smooth integration with GCP-centric operations.
- Make small-to-medium improvements or automation updates for AWS infrastructure using Terraform or CI/CD workflows.
- Mentor DevOps, CloudOps, and Platform Engineers through pair programming, reviews, and best-practice sharing.
- Partner with development, data, and security teams to build highly reliable, cloud-native applications and pipelines.
- Establish operational standards, documentation, and playbooks for cloud operations.
Requirements
- 8+ years of DevOps, CloudOps, or platform engineering experience.
- Deep hands-on experience with GCP, including:
- - GKE, workload identity, cluster networking
- - VPC design, firewalls, load balancers
- - BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage
- - Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
- - IAM, KMS, Secret Manager
- Strong expertise with Terraform, including modules, workspaces, and governance patterns.
- Strong CI/CD experience with Git-based workflows and pipeline automation.
- Solid understanding of Linux, networking basics, containerization, and distributed systems.
- Experience supporting production workloads in a regulated environment (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2 or similar).
- AWS (Operational Proficiency Required)
- Practical experience supporting AWS operations (not architecture-heavy), including:
- - EC2, EKS, and ALB/NLB
- - S3, RDS, CloudWatch
- - IAM troubleshooting
- - Network troubleshooting (VPC, Security Groups, Route 53)
- Comfortable maintaining and improving existing AWS infrastructure.
- Preferred
- Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
- Familiarity with service mesh (Istio, Anthos) or advanced networking.
- Experience with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper or Sentinel).
- Background with FinOps/cost optimization.
- Experience building internal developer platforms or platform engineering teams.
- Work Authorization:
- Must be a US Citizen, Green Card holder, or currently in the US have valid H1B visa
Benefits
- **Why Join Us?**
- Joining **C the Signs** is not just about building AI; it’s about shaping the future of healthcare. If you are a technical leader with an unshakable belief in the power of AI to save lives and the ability to make it happen at scale, this is your opportunity to create a tangible, global impact.
- **Benefits:**
- - Competitive salary and benefits package.
- - Flexible working arrangements (remote or hybrid options available).
- - The opportunity to work on life-changing AI technology that directly impacts patient outcomes.
- - Join a team that combines cutting-edge innovation with a mission to save lives and improve health equity.
- - Continuous learning opportunities with access to the latest tools and advancements in AI and healthcare.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
GCPGKETerraformCI/CDLinuxcontainerizationdistributed systemsAWSnetworkingpolicy-as-code
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationtroubleshootingincident responsedocumentationcommunicationproblem-solvingbest-practice sharingoperational standards