GCP Cloud Engineer/Architect (Remote)

Title : GCP Cloud Engineer/Architect Location : Remote Clearance: Must be a US Citizen eligible to OBTAIN a Secret Clearance Position Overview The GCP Cloud Engineer supports federal cloud modernization initiatives by designing, implementing, and optimizing secure, scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. This role focuses on professional services delivery, cloud architecture, and hands-on engineering rather than operations and maintenance. The engineer collaborates with application, data, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams to enable modern, resilient cloud solutions.

Required

• 4–6+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience · Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Kubernetes/GKE deployment and operations experience · Cloud networking expertise (VPC, subnets, routing, firewall rules, load balancing) · Experience with IAM, service accounts, and organization policies · Proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices · Familiarity with Linux, containers, YAML, and CI/CD pipelines · Strong communication and customer-facing skills · Ability to work independently and manage ambiguity Preferred

• GCP Professional Architect or Security Engineer certification · Experience with BigQuery, Dataflow, Firestore, or Vertex AI · Experience with Crossplane, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks · Exposure to Splunk, Cribl, Databricks, or similar analytics platforms · Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or federal cl