Cloud GCP - Associate Manager

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable GCP infrastructure including VPC, Shared VPC, and landing zones.
• Oversee GCP network topology design including Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN, and on-prem connectivity.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code repositories using Terraform for GCP and enforce IaC best practices.
• Define and enforce GCP infrastructure standards, labelling policies, and operational procedures.
• Manage GKE cluster administration including node pools, Workload Identity, and cluster upgrades.
• Ensure SLA compliance with proactive monitoring using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and Datadog.
• Collaborate with Security team to implement GCP security baseline, CIS benchmarks, and VPC Service Controls.
• Lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and GCP cost optimization using Cloud Cost Management.
• Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management on GCP.
• Act as technical escalation point for GCP infrastructure-related issues.
• Participate in disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and execution on GCP.
• Manage GCP enterprise agreements, committed use discounts, and vendor escalations.

Qualification & Experience 

• 10+ years of IT experience with 6+ years in cloud infrastructure roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — mandatory.
• Deep knowledge of GCP networking: VPC, Shared VPC, Cloud NAT, PSC, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN.
• Proficiency in Terraform for GCP infrastructure provisioning and state management.
• Experience with GKE cluster administration and hybrid connectivity using Anthos.
• Hands-on experience with GCP IAM, Organization Policies, and resource hierarchy.
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments and on-prem to GCP connectivity.
• Proficiency in Linux system administration and shell scripting.
• Experience with GCP monitoring and observability: Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Prometheus/Grafana.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud Network Engineer certification.
• Experience with Anthos for hybrid/multi-cloud infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of FinOps tools and GCP committed use discount strategies.
• AWS or Azure infrastructure experience (nice to have).