GCP Cloud Engineer

Direct End Client: State of Colorado – Office of Information Technology (OIT) Job Title: GCP Cloud Engineer Duration: 6 months Location: Remote (Must be local to Colorado or willing to relocate within Colorado) Hours Per Week: 40 Hours Interview Type: webcam / In-Person Ceipal ID: SCO_GCP266_RP Short Description: The State of Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) is seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer to lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives. The selected candidate will work in a DevOps environment to implement enterprise-grade Google Cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD automation, cloud networking, security, monitoring, and operational excellence. This position also includes participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation. Responsibilities: Infrastructure as Code: Deploy and manage GCP infrastructure natively as code (IaC) utilizing Terraform integrated into automated CI/CD pipelines. Standardization: Define, document, and govern Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the secure consumption of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS across GCP. Core Networking: Configure and deploy highly available VPC environments, Shared VPCs, and cloud compute instances across all hosted enterprise workloads. Security Automation: Partner with Network Security Operations (NetSecOps) and the CISO team to embed identity, governance, and network security policies directly into automated, reusable infrastructure templates. Identity & Access: Manage cloud-platform users, organizations, groups, and access controls in strict alignment with IAM team requirements. Observability: Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and reporting capabilities to ensure platform health and management visibility. Innovation & Advocacy: Analyze emerging GCP features for platform adoption and evangelize cloud capabilities to internal teams to drive migration. Tier-2 Support: Act as the escalation point for on-call/break-fix efforts to rapidly diagnose and resolve complex incidents within cloud-based systems. On-Call Operations: Participate in a rotating 24/7/365 after-hours on-call schedule to provide Tier-2 engineering support, system monitoring, and rapid incident response for production environments. Experience Required: At least five (5) years of infrastructure development experience with hands-on experience with GCP foundation services related to computing, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, and automation technologies. At least five (5) years of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience in Terraform or similar. Deep domain expertise in cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers, and Infrastructure as code technology), breadth of technical experience, and technical aptitude to learn and adjust to new technologies and cloud trends required. Proven technical breadth and the aptitude to adapt to rapidly changing cloud trends Demonstrated experience with large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments. Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Strong scripting capabilities in Bash, Python, YAML, and PowerShell. Preferred Qualifications: Google Professional Cloud Architect Certification. Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. Experience with: Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI Experience deploying enterprise cloud infrastructure through automated DevOps pipelines. V Group Inc. is a NJ-based IT Services and Products Company with its business strategically categorized in various Business Units including Public Sector, Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services, Ecommerce, Projects, and Products. Within Public Sector business unit, we cater IT Professional Services to Federal, State and Local. We have multiple awards/ contracts with 30+ states, including but not limited to NY, CA, FL, GA, MD, MI, NC, OH, OR, CO, CT, TN, PA, TX, VA, NM, VT, and WA. If you are considering applying for a position with V Group, or in partnering with us on a position, please feel free to contact me for any questions you may have regarding our services and the advantages we can offer you as a consultant. Please share my contact information with others working in Information Technology. Website: https://www.vgroupinc.com/publicsector LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/v-group/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VGroupIT Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/vgroupinc