Platform Engineer
Qodea
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Romania
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About the role
- Design and implement scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform services and products.
- Analyse business requirements and recommend appropriate cloud technologies and architectures.
- Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure code using tools such as Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager.
- Manage and automate the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud infrastructure using tools such as Kubernetes or Google Cloud Deployment Manager.
- Optimise infrastructure costs by analysing usage and implementing cost-saving measures such as reserved instances or instance rightsizing.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control of cloud infrastructure.
- Implement and maintain security controls and policies to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud infrastructure and data.
- Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities, and perform regular security assessments and audits.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure and services for performance, availability, and security issues using tools such as Stackdriver or Prometheus.
- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot issues related to cloud infrastructure and services, and implement corrective actions and preventive measures.
- Continuously improve the reliability and resilience of cloud infrastructure by implementing best practices such as fault-tolerance, redundancy, and disaster recovery.
- Proactive management of customer related tasks and projects, by applying the learned skills and knowledge.
- Proactiveness in: identifying and suggesting improvements where applicable, detecting missing documentation and filling in the gaps.
- Providing technical support whilst attending meetings with stakeholders as needed.
- Acting as a mentor for the more junior colleagues by sharing your knowledge and expertise, and guiding them through the successful resolution of customer related tasks.
Requirements
- Excellent understanding of Google Cloud Platform architecture and services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Build.
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible and containerisation tools such as Docker.
- Ability to code using Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
- Understanding of networking, security, and compliance in a cloud environment and/or on linux distribution systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and provide root cause analysis.
- Already be, or desire to be professionally certified in Google Cloud.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud solutionsinfrastructure as coderoot cause analysiscost optimizationcloud architecturescriptingnetworkingsecurity controlstroubleshootingdisaster recovery
Soft Skills
proactivenessmentoringtechnical supportcommunicationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Google Cloud certification