Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
  • Saxon Global Inc.
3 Hours Ago
NA
W2
Austin-TX
6-10 Years
Required Skills: Google Cloud Platform, GCP, GCP Projects, IAM, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Cloud DNS, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL
Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to support application and product teams across GCP and Azure environments. The role focuses on cloud platform engineering, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD, cloud networking, IAM, security, and SRE practices from initial design through production operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner with product and vendor teams as the Cloud Engineering counterpart.
  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure on GCP following established standards.
  • Develop Terraform infrastructure including IAM, networking, databases, projects, and pipelines.
  • Support deployments, environment promotion, troubleshooting, and production operations.
  • Review Terraform code, pull requests, and architecture documentation.
  • Implement cloud security controls including VPC Service Controls, organization policies, and Identity-Aware Proxy.
  • Build reusable Terraform modules and contribute to the cloud platform framework.
  • Troubleshoot production issues involving connectivity, IAM, capacity, cost, and security.
  • Work closely with application developers and product owners to gather requirements and document solutions.

Required Skills:

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Solutions Engineering.
  • Strong Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.
  • Experience with GCP Projects, IAM, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, Cloud DNS, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and Pub/Sub.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including Entra ID, subscriptions, networking, and Azure Firewall.
  • Strong Terraform experience, including module development and remote state management.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps or Cloud Build CI/CD pipelines.
  • Knowledge of Workload Identity Federation/keyless authentication.
  • Strong understanding of DNS, TLS, OAuth2/OIDC, cloud networking, and least-privilege IAM.
  • Experience troubleshooting production environments using logs, audit trails, and IAM policies.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Skills:

  • Google Professional Cloud Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
  • VPC Service Controls and GCP Organization Policies.
  • Apigee X experience.
  • GKE/Kubernetes experience.
  • Pub/Sub, Kafka, or event-driven architecture.
  • Experience supporting vendor-delivered platforms.
  • FinOps/cost management experience.
  • Product, Agile, or DevSecOps environment experience.
  • Supply chain, distribution, or logistics industry experience.

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