Google Cloud Platform Engineer

Description:
On-site in Washington, DC

Our client seeks a Google Cloud Platform Engineer with hands-on experience across cloud administration, automation, integration, and application support. The role supports production GCP environments and contributes to migrations from on-premises and other clouds to GCP. Candidates should demonstrate practical experience designing, deploying, automating, migrating, and supporting GCP workloads. Experience with data engineering and analytics platforms is a plus.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Public Trust clearance. This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70.00 to $80.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Administer and support GCP organizations, folders, projects, and billing.
• Manage IAM roles, service accounts, and access controls using least-privilege principles.
• Configure and maintain VPC networks, firewall rules, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Monitor platform health using Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Alerting.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis across environments.
• Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure using IaC with Terraform and Deployment Manager where applicable.
• Automate operational tasks using Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Workflows, and Cloud Scheduler.
• Develop and maintain Python and shell scripts to standardize and reduce manual effort.
• Support cloud migrations including on-premises to GCP and cloud-to-cloud.
• Assist with migration planning, execution, dependency analysis, and cutover support.
• Integrate GCP services with identity platforms, CI/CD pipelines, SaaS, and internal applications.
• Support API-based and event-driven integrations using REST and Pub/Sub.
• Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams on hybrid and multi-cloud patterns.
• Support applications on Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, and App Engine.
• Assist development teams with provisioning, deployment pipelines, performance, and reliability.
• Review cloud architectures for scalability, resilience, security, and cost.
• As a plus, support data platforms including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, and Dataflow.

Experience Requirements:

• 3 to 6 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform in production.
• Proven experience with IAM, VPC, Compute Engine, and Cloud Storage.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting on GCP.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Experience supporting on-prem to cloud and cloud to cloud migrations.
• Proficiency in Python and/or shell scripting.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams.
• Preferred: GKE or containerized workloads, CI/CD pipelines, data engineering concepts, enterprise identity integrations, and cloud security best practices.
• Google Cloud certifications are optional and considered a plus.

Education Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.