Lead GCP Engineer :: Austin, TX

Lead GCP Engineer

Austin TX (4 days work from office)

FTE Only

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

Successfully execute the long-term GCP infrastructure and DevOps strategy aligned with business objectives

Collaborate with business, engineering, product, and security leaders to drive platform adoption Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)

Establish a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement

Mentor and build high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, Agile, and DevOps.

Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)

Oversee scalable, secure, and highly available systems on GCP

Management of Google Resources (Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, Cloud Storage, VertexAI, BigQuery, GCS etc. )

Implement and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform

Drive multi-region and disaster recovery strategies

Security & Compliance

Partner with security, governance, and networking teams for infrastructure setup & maintenance

Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Drive cloud cost governance and optimization strategies

Implement monitoring, budgeting, and rightsizing practices

Improve cost visibility and accountability across teams

Preferred Skills

Technical leadership and strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management

Automation-first mindset

Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services

Strong experience with Terraform

Familiarity with data/analytics platforms (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow etc.)

Experience in faster, more efficient software delivery through mature DevOps practices

GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect)

Thanks,

Have a great day!!

Milind Pandey

Arkhya Tech INC.

1020 Elden St, Suite #102, Herndon, VA 20170