GCP Engineer

12+ month contract

Location: St. Louis or Jefferson City, MO area (onsite)

Pay: $70 - 81/hr (compensation may vary based on experience level)

We are seeking a GCP Engineer to help design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services within Google Cloud. This individual will focus on infrastructure automation, cloud deployments, security, and operational support while leveraging modern Dev Ops practices and cloud-native technologies.

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure and application environments within GCP using Terraform and automated deployment workflows.
• Develop automation to streamline infrastructure deployments, configuration management, and ongoing operational activities.
• Configure and support cloud networking, identity and access management, storage, and observability capabilities.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot container-based applications running on Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Investigate and remediate cloud infrastructure, connectivity, and application-related issues.
• Partner with technical teams, architects, and developers to support cloud adoption initiatives and deliver scalable cloud solutions.
• Apply cloud security standards and operational best practices across deployed environments.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Practical experience implementing and supporting Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure components, including compute, networking, storage, IAM, and monitoring.
• Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code solutions, preferably using Terraform.
• Proficiency with Linux administration, scripting, automation, and CI/CD processes.
• Experience supporting containerized applications and Kubernetes-based environments, including GKE.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and cloud services

• Exposure to GCP services such as Cloud Run, Big Query, Pub/Sub, Apigee, or Dataflow.
• Experience working across hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure environments.
• Background supporting enterprise or compliance-driven technology environments.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops methodologies, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), cloud security automation, or Fin Ops practices.

• Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Dev Ops Engineer
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Hashi Corp Terraform Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)