GCP SRE

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps / SRE Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in GCP Cloud, Kubernetes, Jenkins pipelines, Git, Jboss/Wildfly and Linux, with a solid understanding of automation, monitoring, and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and other automation tools.
• Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Kubernetes (GKE preferred).
• Manage source code and workflows using Git-based repositories (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability using SRE principles.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor system health, logs, and metrics using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver (Cloud Monitoring).
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Maintain and optimize Linux-based systems and environments.
• Work closely with development teams to improve deployment frequency and system stability.
• Implement security best practices across infrastructure and pipelines.

Qualifications

Core Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP):
• Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, IAM, VPC
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like:
• Terraform / Deployment Manager

Containerization & Orchestration

• Deep expertise in:
• Docker
• Kubernetes (K8s) – deployment, scaling, networking, troubleshooting

CI/CD & Automation

• Strong experience with:
• Jenkins (Pipeline as Code)
• CI/CD pipeline design and optimization
• Familiarity with tools like:
• ArgoCD / Spinnaker (nice to have)

Version Control

• Proficiency in:
• Git (branching, merging strategies, pull requests)

Operating Systems

• Strong knowledge of:
• Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS) system administration
• Shell scripting (Bash, Python preferred)

Monitoring & Logging

• Experience with:
• Prometheus, Grafana
• Google Cloud Monitoring / Logging
• ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

SRE Practices

• Implement SLIs, SLOs, SLAs
• Incident management and postmortem analysis
• Reliability, observability, and performance tuning
• Error budgeting and capacity planning

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with microservices architecture
• Knowledge of service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Exposure to security tools (Vault, IAM roles, secrets management)
• Experience with scripting/programming languages like:
• Python / Go

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to work in an agile environment
• Ownership and accountability for production systems

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Certifications (Optional but Preferred)

• Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Key Deliverables

• Highly available, scalable infrastructure
• Efficient CI/CD pipelines with minimal downtime
• Reliable monitoring & incident response systems
• Continuous improvement of system performance and deployment processes

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