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GCP Platform Engineering Lead
Apolis
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
6 months ago
$65 – $75 / hour
- GCP
- Terraform
- Incident Response
- Python
6 months ago
Location – Jersey City, NJ or Delaware (5 Days Onsite)
Duration: 8+ Months
Role summary: Build and run the internal platform capabilities (automation, golden paths, guardrails) that enable secure, scalable application onboarding on GCP.
Key responsibilities
• Lead platform engineering delivery for onboarding automation (Terraform modules, pipelines, validations).
• Define engineering standards (module quality, state strategy, PR controls, drift management).
• Embed security-by-default guardrails and partner on compliance evidence automation.
• Operate the platform: reliability, incident response, SLOs/SLAs, continuous improvement.
Required qualifications
• Deep hands-on GCP + Terraform at scale; strong Python automation experience.
• Experience leading platform teams and operating production-grade internal platforms.
• Strong security and governance mindset in regulated environments.
Success measures
• High adoption of golden paths; reduced onboarding lead time; stable platform with low operational toil.
GCP Platform Engineering Lead · Apolis