Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP; Google Cloud Platform

Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Location: Plano, Texas, United States

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

• Support Customer Self-Provision cloud instances across GCP, AWS, Azure and OCI with security guardrail and backend deployment.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents, performance issues, and service outages in production and staging environments.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Lead root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation for major incidents.
• Execute patch management, upgrades, and regular maintenance activities.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies and operations.
• Participate in on-call rotation and after-hours support as required.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM, or OCI Resource Manager.
• Use scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, Power Shell) to automate repetitive tasks and operational processes.
• Champion the use of configuration management tools and assist in Dev Ops pipeline integrations.
• Recommend and implement cost optimization, resource utilization, and rightsizing strategies.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices, including least-privilege access, encryption, and network segmentation.
• Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies and roles.
• Monitor, identify, and remediate security vulnerabilities reported by scanning tools or external advisories.
• Support compliance efforts related to customer and regulatory requirements (TxRAMP, ISO, SOC2, etc.).
• Work closely with application, security, and network teams for solution delivery and support.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance as needed.
• Create and update technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Participate in client calls to provide technical input when required.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least two of the following certifications (or equivalent experience):
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect / Engineer
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Sys Ops Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Azure Administrator Associate or Solutions Architect Expert
  • (Preferred) Dev Ops or automation certifications (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform).
  • (Preferred) ITIL Foundation or other support framework knowledge.
• 8-10 years’ experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, operations, or support.
• 7+ years multi-cloud experience (must have hands-on in at least 4 of AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI; familiarity in all is preferred; AWS and Azure cloud are mandatory).
• Direct experience in managed services/NOC/SOC/MSP environments is a plus.
• In-depth expertise with provisioning, configuring, securing, supporting, and optimizing cloud-native and hybrid workloads in GCP, AWS, Azure, and/or OCI.
• Administration of compute, storage, networking, database, and PaaS services across supported platforms.
• Deep hands-on knowledge in architecture, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting in major public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and automation tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM templates, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud-native security best practices (IAM, network security, data encryption, etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Power Shell, etc.).
• Expert in Service Now ITSM and familiar with integration with AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI in service catalog.
• Expert in Cloud Cost Optimization. Familiar with Apptio Cloudability.
• Strong expertise in multi-cloud disaster recovery.
• Familiarity in App Gate SDP, Qualys Total Cloud, Qualys Patch Management, Qualys CSAM, Crowd Strike, Palo Alto NGFW, etc.
• Ability to analyze logs and monitor performance using native tools (Stackdriver, Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, etc.).
• Strong understanding of backup strategy, disaster recovery, and high-availability architecture.
• Be able to support customer remote file service in Azure File Share in Azure Gov Cloud.
• Have strong expertise in multi-cloud security compliance, data encryption, network security, user access control, private endpoint setup, etc.
• Have strong expertise in Git Hub and Repository management.
• Be able to set up rules/thresholds in GCP Monitoring, Azure Monitor, AWS Cloud Watch and OCI Monitoring to generate alerts and connect with Service Now Incident Ticketing.
• Be able to connect multi-cloud VMs and instances with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM.
• Be able to support customer self-provision cloud instances with required security (guardrail) via Azure Blueprints, AWS Control Tower, etc.

NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment…