Senior Cloud Engineer

Dark Wolf Solutions
Dark Wolf Hub Location, US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Candidates with extensive GCP experience and leadership skills in cloud infrastructure will find this senior role in the public sector domain.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 8+ years of cloud computing experience and leadership in technical teams
    — “Experience leading technical teams including delegating tasks, reviewing designs and completed tasks by team members, and coaching junior team members”
  • Individuals with a strong grasp of GCP compliance and security tools for public sector clients
    — “Experience working with customers in the U.S. Public Sector”
  • Professionals with a background in infrastructure automation and technical documentation
    — “Experience developing technical architecture documents, driving design decisions, developing documentation artifacts”

Things to consider

  • Must be located within a commutable distance to an office despite primarily remote work
    — “The role is primarily remote but the candidate must be located within a commutable distance to a Dark Wolf Office”
  • Requires active Secret clearance and US citizenship for employment eligibility
    — “all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete the required employment eligibility verification upon hire”

How to stand out

  • Highlight IaC experience with Terraform and cloud security design in your resume
    — “Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate customer requirements into engineering solutions
    — “Work with customers, partners, and internal project team members to understand customer business requirements and translate into actionable engineering tasks”
  • Showcase your experience with GCP compliance and security tools such as Security Command Center
    — “Experience working with Google Cloud compliance products such as Security Command Center and Assured Workloads”
  • Include examples of presenting technical solutions to executive-level leaders in your portfolio
    — “Experience developing technical architecture documents, driving design decisions, developing documentation artifacts, and presenting technical solutions to clients and executive level leaders”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • scalable and secure cloud solutions
  • successful customer implementations
Typical background
cloud engineeringDevOps

Skills & requirements

Required

Google Cloud PlatformInfrastructure As CodeSecurity Best PracticesDevops PracticesCI/CD

Preferred

Agile MethodologiesDod/disa Cybersecurity Policies

Stack & domain

Google Cloud Platform (gcp)TerraformCompute EngineApp EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineCloud StorageCloud SQLDataflowBigQueryAssured WorkloadsIdentity-aware Proxy (iap)Workload Identity Federation (wif)Cloud LoggingCloud MonitoringSecurity Command CenterDevOpsCI/CDCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipCoachingSec+Google Professional Cloud ArchitectCloud ComputingPublic Sector

About the role

Original posting from Dark Wolf Solutions via Greenhouse

Dar Wolf is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team. Dark Wolf’s Google Cloud Engineers are responsible for designing, implementing, and managing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions for our customers. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of GCP services and technologies, as well as experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions.

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, Cloud SQL, DataFlow, and BigQuery

Architect and implement security best practices for GCP solutions using products such as Assured Workloads, Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), Workload Identity Federation (WIF), 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

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field

8+ years of experience in cloud computing

3+ years of experience with GCP

5+ years of experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python)

Required Certifications: Sec+ and Google Professional Cloud Architect

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

At least one Google Cloud Professional Certification

US Citizenship and active Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working within Agile teams

Experience working with Google Cloud compliance products such as Security Command Center and Assured Workloads

Experience ingesting, curating, and transforming raw data into clean, structured formats for data analysis

Experience working with customers in the U.S. Public Sector

Experience with DoD/DISA cybersecurity policies

This role is primarily remote but the candidate must be located within a commutable distance to a Dark Wolf Office. The compensation for this role is estimated to be between $150,000-$170,000, commensurate on experience. 

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete the required employment eligibility verification upon hire.

Source: Dark Wolf Solutions careers (Greenhouse)

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