Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IT Associates is a US-based billion-dollar managed IT services firm seeking a Senior GCP DevOps Engineer. This role focuses on deploying, automating, and supporting mission-critical client solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), requiring expertise in various technologies and the ability to lead complex projects. Responsibilities • Act as the lead engineer on large or complex client deploy projects • Act as the lead engineer on product engineering projects to further develop our service • Provide GCP subject matter expertise advice and assistance to pre-sales architects • Installation, configuration, and ongoing management of O/S and GCP services • Implementing and maintaining custom client machine images and centralized configuration management to enable quick repeatable builds and auto-scaling • Maintaining high availability through proactive measures • Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues • Ensuring clients & partners are updated on current status of work and issues • Raise, investigate and resolve problems and known errors in line with the problem management process • Ability and willingness to proactively improve ways of working, automation and processes via our continual improvement Kanban board • Partake in an oncall rota to provide 24x7 4th line support for our client’s GCP Customers • Proactively keep up to date on GCP services and developments • Buddy new members of the team and train other teams • Act as team leader and technical escalation point in Manager’s absence Skills • 8+ years' experience in supporting highly customer-focused mission critical environments (e.g. high profile websites or enterprise infrastructure) essential • 3+ years' experience of engineering, architecting, or supporting GCP solutions • Excellent O/S knowledge and experience in Linux or Windows with basic knowledge of the other • Experience of implementing and supporting GCP based instances and services (e.g Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud SQL, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage..) • Hold a number of current GCP Associate and Professional level Certifications • Hold at least one GCP Certified Specialty certification (e.g. Security or Networking) • Scripting ability in one or more of Python, Powershell, Bash, Perl • Good knowledge of TCP/IP • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Must be self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude • Client focused and results driven • Able to implement supportable solutions and make the complex simple • Able to perform as a role model within the team • MCSE/RHCE or equivalent level of knowledge preferred • Experience of building and maintaining scalable and auto-scaled environments using automation and configuration management tools (e.g. CloudFormation/Terraform and Ansible) beneficial or can be gained • Experience of using Git for version control useful • Experience of working with or supporting containerized environments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker) • Experience of Jenkins or other CI/CD pipeline technology useful or can be gained • A degree in a computing-related discipline preferred or equivalent ability and knowledge • Experience working in an ITIL environment beneficial • Desire to continually grow, develop and improve Benefits • Medical • Dental • Retirement • Other benefits Company Overview • IT Associates provides businesses and organizations with IT, data, consulting, and communications services and equipment. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job
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