Overview
We are seeking a skilled Google Cloud Engineer for an initial 3-6 month contract to assist with a significant cloud transformation within a central government organization. The contractor will work alongside internal engineering teams to migrate existing Google Cloud environments to a more secure, automated, and governed platform, focusing on the development of new Landing Zones and enhancement of infrastructure and security processes.
Responsibilities
- Build and implement GCP Landing Zones across non-production and production environments.
- Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform, supporting automation, CI/CD pipelines and secure project provisioning.
- Implement cloud security controls, IAM, networking, logging, monitoring and organizational policies.
- Support the rationalization of legacy cloud infrastructure and migration to new platform arrangements.
- Provide technical documentation, knowledge transfer and operational handover to internal engineering teams.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security controls and CI/CD.
- Experience building secure, automated and scalable cloud environments.
- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to transfer knowledge and support internal teams.