Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Key Activities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure on GCP using infrastructure as code
• Manage cloud networking components including VPCs, load balancers, DNS, Cloud Router, NAT, and firewall rules
• Manage and optimize cloud compute resources including GCE instances, Cloud Run, and related services
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Google Cloud Build to support reliable, repeatable deployments
• Design and maintain observability infrastructure including metrics collection, log aggregation, and dashboards to surface actionable insights for engineering and research teams
• Implement and maintain security and compliance controls appropriate to a regulated healthcare research environment
• Manage cloud services including backup and disaster recovery
• Support deployment and maintenance of internal applications and their underlying infrastructure
• Champion containerization best practices and support containerized workload deployments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration with existing systems and workflows
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure and deployment issues
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams
• Stay current with cloud technology trends and evaluate new tools and approaches relevant to the organization

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related role
• Strong proficiency with GCP; equivalent experience with AWS or Azure will be considered
• Linux administration and comfort working in Linux-based environments via command line
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code with Terraform and or Pulumi
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Build, or similar)
• Solid understanding of cloud networking: VPC design, load balancers, DNS, NAT, and firewall rule management
• Hands-on experience with metrics collection and building operational dashboards
• Experience scripting or automating infrastructure tasks in Python or a similar language
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to produce clear technical documentation
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional team

Nice to Haves

• Experience in a healthcare or life sciences environment; working knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements
• Experience with GCP-native observability tooling (Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging) in addition to Prometheus/Grafana
• Experience with cloud IAM best practices and security controls (VPC Service Controls, service accounts, least-privilege patterns)
• Experience with front-end application hosting infrastructure (load balancers, SSL/TLS termination, CDN)
• Google Cloud Professional certification (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies, primarily Docker; Kubernetes exposure is a plus but not required

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Life, AD&D, Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance (none is100% covered)
• HSA Spending Accounts
• 22 Vacation days
• 10 Paid Holidays and Sick Time (120 hours per year)
• 401(K) Plan