[Remote] Lead GCP Engineer/Lead Architect
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services, telecommunication, and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. The GCP Lead Engineer is a senior role responsible for architecting scalable and secure solutions on Google Cloud Platform while mentoring teams and driving modernization initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform
- Architect scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native and hybrid applications
- Lead migration and modernization initiatives, including re-platforming and transformation efforts
- Define and maintain cloud architecture standards and best practices
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent
- Automate provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows
- Promote observability and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and key management best practices
- Partner with security and compliance teams to enforce governance and cost controls
- Act as technical lead for cross-functional cloud initiatives
- Conduct architecture reviews and guide engineering best practices
- Mentor engineers across application, infrastructure, and platform teams
- Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions
- Implement and optimize GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
- Optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across environments Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of software, cloud, or infrastructure engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures
- Strong expertise in GCP core services and networking
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes (GKE) and containerization
- Strong expertise in CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Strong expertise in Python, Java, Go, or similar languages
- Experience in Agile/DevOps environments
- GCP Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Data Engineer)
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, healthcare)
- Strong background in security and compliance frameworks
- Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Knowledge of SRE and observability practices Company Overview
- Opplane is a software company that expertise in data product management, cloud infrastructure, mobile development and machine learning. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship
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