Site Rel Eng III, GCP

Job Summary

Optimum is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on engineering role combines cloud infrastructure, networking, automation, Kubernetes, and reliability engineering to support critical enterprise and customer-facing applications.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in GCP, cloud networking, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and incident management, along with a passion for improving reliability through automation and engineering excellence. You are a hands-on engineer with deep GCP and cloud networking expertise who enjoys solving complex operational challenges through automation, platform engineering, and reliability-focused design. You combine technical depth with leadership to build resilient, scalable cloud platforms that enable teams to deliver software with confidence.

• Design and operate enterprise-scale GCP infrastructure and platforms.
• Build and manage solutions using GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Monitoring.
• Architect and support cloud networking, including Network Connectivity Center (NCC), Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Router, Shared VPC, and Private Service Connect.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automate deployment and operational workflows through CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and manage SLOs, improve observability, and reduce operational toil through automation.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Implement cloud security, IAM, governance, and operational best practices.
• Partner with application, network, and security teams to deliver reliable cloud-native platforms.
• Mentor engineers and help establish platform and SRE standards across the organization.

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Dev Ops, or Network Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating production workloads on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in:
  • GCP and GKE
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Cloud Networking
  • IAM
  • Monitoring and Observability
  • Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with NCC, Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Router, Shared VPC, and hybrid cloud networking.
• Proven experience supporting highly available production environments.
• Experience with SLOs, incident management, automation, and operational excellence.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Dev Ops Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Experience with Git Ops, Fin Ops, AI/ML workloads, and hybrid cloud platforms.

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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in New York is $ - $ / year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter. The rates/ranges provided herein are the anticipated…