Principal Cloud Engineer- GCP Platform Technical Lead
Core
Design, build, and operate a secure, scalable, and production-grade Google Cloud Platform (GCP) landing zone and enterprise environment for a highly regulated healthcare organization.
Role type
Principal Cloud Engineer / GCP Platform Technical Lead
Builds
Enterprise GCP landing zone, self-service platform capabilities, secure private GKE clusters, and CI/CD automation infrastructure.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering / Healthcare
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
GCP architecture and governance, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, KCC), Kubernetes (GKE), Networking (Shared VPC, Interconnect), Security (IAM, CMEK, Workload Identity), Observability, Python, Go, Bash, Cloud-native design patterns, Agentic AI implementation.
Preferred skills
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect/DevOps certifications, HashiCorp Terraform certifications, Palo Alto/F5 firewall experience, Anthos/GKE Enterprise, Vertex AI/MLOps, regulated industry compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2).
Technologies
GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, GKE, Datadog, GitHub Actions, Secret Manager, Cloud NAT, VPC Service Controls, Vertex AI.
Responsibilities
Own the enterprise GCP platform end-to-end including organization structure, billing, and networking; Define and maintain the GCP Landing Zone and governance guardrails; Act as the final technical authority on GCP architecture; Mentor engineers and lead architecture reviews; Build self-service platform capabilities and CI/CD automation; Drive continuous automated compliance for regulatory frameworks.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
