Lead Google Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer

Role: DevSecOps Google Cloud Platform Engineer

Location: Schaumburg, IL (Locals only)
Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days/week onsite
Job Type: Contract
Duration: Long Term

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced DevSecOps Google Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform). The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Google Cloud Platform, DevOps automation, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud security.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and Kubernetes
• Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Cloud Run, and Compute Engine
• Strong CI/CD pipeline development and automation experience
• Experience with GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, or similar tools
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and cloud security
• Experience with IAM, VPC, VPC Service Controls, Workload Identity Federation
• Experience integrating SAST, DAST, SCA, and vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Docker/containerization
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or Shell
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Splunk, or Datadog
• Good understanding of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments is a plus

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and manage secure Google Cloud Platform cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.
• Manage GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, and other Google Cloud Platform services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
• Implement security controls throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage IAM, service accounts, workload identity, and cloud security policies.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security.
• Troubleshoot production and deployment issues.
• Collaborate with development, security, and platform engineering teams.

Preferred:

• Google Cloud Platform certifications are a plus.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps automation.
• Experience supporting large-scale, highly available applications.
• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience is a plus.