Lead Cloud Engineer

Egen

Lead Cloud Engineer managing Google Cloud infrastructure implementations at Egen. Delivering scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions for enterprise applications.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $177,000 - $208,283 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Google Cloud Platform, including cloud infrastructure design, implementation, and security. Proven ability to lead cloud delivery projects, ensuring operational excellence and adherence to governance frameworks.

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Google Cloud Platform ExpertiseCloud Security ProficiencyInfrastructure AutomationCloud Engineering ExperienceTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Cloud Infrastructure ImplementationCloud Security DeploymentHybrid Cloud ConnectivityInfrastructure-as-CodeKubernetesTerraformIAM PoliciesCloud MonitoringData ProtectionPerformance Management

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipStrong CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Cloud NGFW EnterpriseCloud IDSCloud ArmorVPC Service ControlsNetwork Security EndpointsCI/CDAudit LoggingPolicy-as-CodeNetwork Connectivity CenterHA VPN

Industry Keywords

Cloud GovernanceEnterprise Cloud DeliveryOperational ExcellenceSecurity MonitoringCloud-native Security Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Cloud Delivery Leadership: Lead the implementation and operationalization of cloud solutions, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery throughout the project lifecycle.
Cloud Infrastructure Implementation: Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across networking, compute, storage, identity, and platform services to support business and application requirements.
Hybrid Cloud Connectivity: Implement and maintain secure connectivity between cloud and on-premises environments using services such as Network Connectivity Center, Partner Interconnect, and HA VPN.
Cloud Security Deployment: Establish and enforce a strong cloud security posture through the implementation of cloud-native security services, including Cloud NGFW Enterprise, Cloud IDS, Cloud Armor, identity controls, and encryption capabilities.
Access and Service Controls: Implement appropriate access boundaries, segmentation, and data protection guardrails using tools such as VPC Service Controls, IAM policies, and Network Security Endpoints.
Cloud Observability and Operations: Configure and maintain logging, monitoring, alerting, and diagnostic capabilities to support platform reliability, performance management, troubleshooting, and security investigations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Google Cloud Platform Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of Google Cloud, including compute, storage, databases, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, identity and access management, observability, and platform services. Experience applying this expertise to other major cloud providers is a plus.
Enterprise Cloud Delivery: Proven experience designing, implementing, and operationalizing scalable cloud environments that support enterprise applications, data platforms, and business-critical workloads.
Cloud Security Proficiency: Hands-on experience implementing cloud-native security controls, including IAM, encryption, secrets management, security monitoring, policy enforcement, and data protection guardrails.
Extensive Cloud Engineering Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, platform architecture, infrastructure delivery, or related technical disciplines, with strong expertise in Google Cloud, Terraform, Kubernetes, automation, security, reliability, and operational excellence.
Cloud Governance and Service Controls: Demonstrated experience implementing governance frameworks and security guardrails using tools such as Organization Policies, IAM controls, VPC Service Controls, audit logging, and policy-as-code.
Infrastructure Automation: Significant experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, along with CI/CD and automated deployment practices.
Platform Reliability and Observability: Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, performance management, and incident-response capabilities to improve the availability, resilience, and operational health of cloud platforms.
Technical Leadership and Influence: A history of independently owning technical delivery across defined project lifecycles, demonstrating strong communication skills, mentoring team members, and maintaining a high standard for engineering quality.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Health Insurance
Paid Leave (Vacation/PTO)
Paid Holidays
Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Bereavement Leave
401 (k) Employer Match
Employee Referral Bonuses