GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM ENGINEER

This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a Google Cloud Platform Engineer. Location: This position will be remote. Responsibilities: We are seeking a Cloud Engineer with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for developing in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, and debug. • Design scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Google environment. • Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals. • Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks. • Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments. • Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies. • Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements. • Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks. • Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption. • Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices. • Develop migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions. • Manage and optimize cloud environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems. • Implement and maintain Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices. • Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency. • Support the design and development of Shared Services. • Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems. • Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability. • Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes. • Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management. • Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations. • Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree. • Must have an active Secret clearance. • 1 or more cloud certifications • US citizenship required. • Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2) • Excellent verbal and written communications skills. • Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk. • Cloud architecture and design experience. Preferred Skills · Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1. · Experience with Zero Trust Architecture. · Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position. · Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes. · Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. · Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS). · Experience administering Windows Server, and related services. · Cloud certifications in Google clouds. SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits: • Medical • Dental • Vision • AD&D • STD • LTD • Company paid Life Insurance • 401k with employer contribution • Paid Time Off • Pet Insurance