Senior Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join Dark Wolf Solutions as a Senior Google Cloud Engineer and design, implement, and manage GCP solutions for our clients. You will leverage your deep understanding of GCP services and technologies to build scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions. This role requires collaboration with customers, partners, and internal teams. You will lead technical teams, develop infrastructure as code, and ensure security best practices are implemented. The position demands extensive experience in cloud computing and GCP, along with strong communication and teamwork skills. The role is based in Herndon, VA or another Dark Wolf primary location, offering a competitive salary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in cloud computing
• 5+ years of experience with GCP
• Strong understanding of Google Cloud services and technologies
• Experience leading technical teams including delegating tasks, reviewing designs and completed tasks by team members, and coaching junior team members
• Experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions
• Experience developing technical architecture documents, driving design decisions, developing documentation artifacts, and presenting technical solutions to clients and executive level leaders
• Experience with infrastructure automation using IaC tools such as Terraform
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and experience implementing CI/CD in cloud environments
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with the broader team as well as independently
• US Citizenship and security clearance eligibility

Responsibilities

• Drive and implement technology solutions on Google Cloud
• Work with customers, partners, and internal project team members to understand customer business requirements and translate into actionable engineering tasks
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform
• Configure and manage GCP services such as Compute Engine, App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud SQL
• Architect and implement security best practices for GCP solutions using products such as Assured Workloads, Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Center
• Stay up-to-date on the latest GCP services and technologies and their applicability to the Public Sector space

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one Google Cloud Professional Certification
• Experience working within Agile teams
• Experience working with Google Cloud compliance products such as Security Command Center and Assured Workloads
• Experience working with customers in the U.S. Public Sector
• U.S. Federal Government security clearance
• Experience with DoD/DISA cybersecurity policies

Benefits

The expected salary range for this position is between $180,000.00 - $225,000 commensurate on experience