Senior GCP DevOps Engineer
RemoteBrazil
Job Summary
Design, build, and maintain real-time data pipelines while ensuring the reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of cloud infrastructure. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build and automate infrastructure deployment with Terraform. Maintain observability through metrics, logging, and tracing tools, and resolve complex infrastructure issues proactively. Create detailed documentation including runbooks and architecture diagrams, and mentor team members through code reviews and pair programming. Collaborate with agile teams to deliver efficient solutions in a cross-functional environment. This role is for candidates based in Portugal or Brazil only.
Required Qualifications
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)
- Strong networking knowledge (VPC, VPN, Peering, NAT)
- Strong load-balancing expertise (HTTP(S), TCP/SSL)
- Deep proficiency in Google Cloud Platform and its core services (GCE, GCS, Cloud Functions, App Engine, Cloud Run)
- Advanced Terraform skills (module design, workspaces, state backends)
- Extensive container and Kubernetes experience (Docker best practices, GKE, Helm)
- Solid CI/CD expertise with Google Cloud Build (pipelines, triggers)
- Proficient in IAM, organisation policies, and resource management
- SQL skills for both transactional databases and BigQuery
- Familiarity with data streaming and real-time processing (Pub/Sub, Apache Beam/Dataflow, Kafka)
- Advanced scripting and programming (bash/zsh, Python with GCP SDK, Go)
- Hands-on with observability tools (metrics, logs, traces)
- Understanding of cloud security and compliance best practices
- Troubleshooting mindset for resolving complex infrastructure issues
- Strong communication and documentation abilities (runbooks, architecture diagrams)
- Mentoring experience and aptitude for code reviews and pair programming
- Experience working in Agile development environments, particularly in a Scrum framework
- Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal
- The possibility to travel (UK)
- ATTENTION! THIS POSITION IS FOR PORTUGAL OR BRAZIL BASED ONLY
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
- Familiarity with Kyverno, Falco, and Teleport
- Security-scanning and compliance automation (Trivy, Snyk)
- Knowledge of serverless orchestration (Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow)
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