This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (Google Cloud Platform) based in the United States.
As a Site Reliability Engineer specializing in Google Cloud Platform, you will play a critical role in designing, securing, and operating cloud environments that support highly regulated and mission-critical workloads. This position focuses on building reliable, scalable, and compliant infrastructure using automation-first practices and modern SRE principles. You will work across cloud architecture, security, observability, incident response, and compliance initiatives to ensure operational excellence. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to complex federal and regulated environments while driving infrastructure modernization and reducing operational complexity. Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, you will help translate business and security requirements into resilient cloud solutions. This is an ideal opportunity for a cloud professional who thrives in highly secure environments and enjoys solving challenging reliability and compliance problems.
Accountabilities:
- Design, implement, and manage secure Google Cloud Platform landing zones and cloud foundations for regulated and federal environments.
- Build and maintain cloud networking architectures, including segmentation, connectivity, security controls, and access management frameworks.
- Administer identity, access, encryption, and privileged access controls while enforcing least-privilege security principles.
- Develop and enhance monitoring, logging, observability, and incident response capabilities to support production reliability and operational resilience.
- Implement cloud security tooling, threat detection mechanisms, and automated response workflows to strengthen security posture.
- Secure containerized and cloud-native workloads, ensuring adherence to best practices for workload protection and governance.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, compliance controls, and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD methodologies.
- Support regulatory compliance initiatives by translating security requirements into technical implementations and audit-ready documentation.
- Collaborate with customers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to communicate technical solutions, operational risks, and project progress.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, cloud operations, or cloud security roles.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing production environments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Strong expertise in GCP networking, landing zones, IAM, encryption services, observability tools, and security controls.
- Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform and related Infrastructure as Code frameworks.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language such as Python, Go, or Bash.
- Hands-on experience with cloud monitoring, logging, SLO management, incident response, and operational excellence practices.
- Working knowledge of compliance frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP, CMMC, or similar standards.
- Ability to create audit-ready documentation and effectively map technical implementations to compliance requirements.
- Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (or higher) required.
- Professional cloud or cybersecurity certifications are highly valued, including Google Cloud certifications, CISSP, CCSP, or related credentials.
Benefits
- Fully remote work opportunity within the United States.
- Full-time salaried exempt position.
- Opportunity to work on mission-critical cloud infrastructure supporting federal and regulated environments.
- Exposure to advanced cloud security, reliability engineering, and compliance initiatives.
- Collaborative and technically challenging environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Access to cutting-edge Google Cloud technologies and automation frameworks.
- Potential for certification development and continued learning opportunities.
- Comprehensive benefits package, healthcare coverage, and additional company-sponsored perks (where applicable).