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below and let me know your interest. Position: Senior GCP Platform Engineer
Location:
100% Remote Duration: 6 to 12+ months Mode of Interview: Video Position Summary Our client is seeking a Senior GCP Platform Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise-scale cloud services and integration capabilities that power the Unified Digital Platform (UDP). This role will build reusable enterprise services, APIs, event-driven integrations, and cloud-native platform capabilities on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate is an experienced cloud engineer with strong expertise in GCP services, distributed systems, API development, event-driven architectures, and modern software engineering practices. This individual will work closely with architects, product teams, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available platform services.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Platform Engineering
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise platform services on Google Cloud Platform.
• Build cloud-native solutions using Google Cloud Functions and other managed GCP services.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient architectures that support enterprise growth and modernization initiatives.
• Implement infrastructure and deployment automation following cloud engineering best practices. Enterprise Services and API Development
• Design, develop, and support RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Build reusable enterprise services that can be leveraged across multiple applications and business domains.
• Define API contracts, standards, versioning strategies, and integration patterns.
• Collaborate with architects and development teams to ensure consistent service design. Event-Driven Architecture and Integrations
• Design and implement event-driven solutions using Google Pub/Sub.
• Develop integration services connecting enterprise platforms, applications, and data domains.
• Support asynchronous messaging, workflow orchestration, and real-time event processing.
• Help establish enterprise integration patterns and standards. Data and Persistence Layer
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases and SQL queries.
• Develop scalable solutions utilizing Firestore and Cloud Datastore.
• Implement caching and performance optimization strategies using Redis.
• Support data transformation and processing workflows where required. Platform Reliability and Operations
• Monitor application and platform performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement preventative improvements.
• Participate in production support and incident resolution activities.
• Improve observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling. Engineering Excellence
• Follow secure coding and cloud security best practices. Senior GCP Platform Engineer | UDP
• Participate in architecture reviews, design discussions, and code reviews.
• Contribute to CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices across teams. Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field,
or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years developing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP, Google Cloud Functions, Python, REST API development, Google Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, advanced SQL, Firestore or Cloud Datastore, Redis, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building distributed and event-driven systems.
• Robust troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience designing enterprise integration platforms.
• Knowledge of API management platforms, with Apigee preferred.
• Experience with event-driven architecture patterns.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred.
• Exposure to container technologies and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience working in Agile software delivery environments.
• Google Cloud Professional certification(s). Core Technical Skills Category Technologies and Capabilities Cloud and Platform Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Firestore, Cloud Datastore Development Python, REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, Git Data Technologies PostgreSQL, advanced SQL, data modeling, data processing pipelines Integration Event-driven architecture, Pub/Sub messaging, enterprise integrations, API design and development DevOps and Operations CI/CD, Terraform preferred, monitoring and logging, cloud operations -
- Thanks & Regards Mohit Kumar Lead IT Recruiter, KPG99 Contact: +91 (phone hidden) |
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