Lead GCP / DevOps Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

CTH/FTE

Austin/Southlake, TX

Detailed Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Lead GCP SRE / DevOps Engineer to spearhead the reliability, scalability, and automation of our cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, leading a team to design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, optimize Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, and enforce high availability across all production environments.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Architecture

• Design and maintain scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant infrastructure entirely within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Architect Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Terraform to manage multi-environment setups.
• Optimize cloud spend and maximize performance across GCP services (GKE, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud SQL).

CI/CD & Automation

• Own the deployment lifecycle by building and optimizing automated CI/CD pipelines (using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins).
• Drive containerization strategies using Docker and orchestration via Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Automate repetitive operational tasks ("toil") using scripting languages like Python, Go, or Bash.

Observability & SRE Practices

• Define, measure, and report critical reliability metrics, including SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using GCP Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Lead incident response rotations and facilitate constructive, blameless post-mortems to prevent recurrence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Essentials

• Experience: 8 years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or SRE roles, in GCP Platform.
• Cloud Platform: Deep production-level expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Orchestration: Advanced hands-on experience managing production workloads on Kubernetes (specifically GKE).
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficient with Terraform for state management and modular design.
• Programming: Strong coding skills in Python or Go, alongside excellent shell scripting capabilities.
• CI/CD: Proven track record building enterprise-grade pipelines.
• Experience migrating legacy workloads from on-premise or AWS/Azure into GCP.

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage high-pressure live production incidents calmly and methodically.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Certifications: GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect or GCP Certified Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Anthos Service Mesh).