GCP DevOps Engineer

Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide the world’s best end-to-end software supply chain security solution, combining proactive protection against malicious open source, enterprise-grade SBOM management, and the leading open-source dependency management platform. As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, the world’s largest repository of Java open-source software, we empower enterprises to create and maintain secure, high-quality, and innovative software at scale. More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on Sonatype to optimize their software supply chains.

About the role

This role helps create the engineering foundation that enables teams to ship securely, reliably, and quickly. You will influence how Sonatype scales its platform capabilities, improves developer experience, and advances its DevSecOps maturity on GCP. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, security, and developer enablement, making a direct impact on product velocity and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve GCP-based infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Google Cloud deployment automation patterns.
• Build and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms for application, infrastructure, and platform workloads.
• Administer and optimize GCP delivery workflows including Cloud Build triggers, Artifact Registry, source integrations, deployment approvals, and service account access patterns.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve build, release, and deployment workflows across microservices and cloud-native applications.
• Implement robust observability across systems using Google Cloud Operations Suite, Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and related telemetry tooling.
• Strengthen platform security by integrating secrets management, policy enforcement, vulnerability scanning, and least-privilege access control.
• Manage and optimize containerized environments using Kubernetes, Helm, and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Drive reliability engineering practices including incident response, root cause analysis, SLO thinking, and automated remediation where appropriate.
• Standardize reusable templates, modules, and platform patterns that improve developer productivity and consistency.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on GCP architecture, deployment automation, release governance, and DevSecOps practices.

Requirements

• Strong experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering roles supporting modern software delivery.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform, including compute, networking, IAM, storage, monitoring, and security services.
• Strong experience with GCP-native or integrated CI/CD pipeline design for multiple application stacks and deployment patterns.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Deployment Manager alternatives, or equivalent automation frameworks.
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, preferably with GKE experience.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Solid understanding of source control workflows, package management, artifact promotion, and release strategies.
• Experience implementing observability, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards for production systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, secrets management, compliance controls, and secure software delivery practices.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with GitHub, SonarQube, Nexus Repository, or software supply chain security tooling.
• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments and migration patterns from AWS or on-premises platforms.
• Exposure to policy-as-code, platform engineering, developer portals, or internal developer platform concepts.
• Experience supporting regulated or enterprise-scale environments with strong governance requirements.

Benefits

• Parental Leave Policy
• Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Diversity & Inclusion Working Groups
• Flexible working practices

Achievements

• 2025 Visionary in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing
• 2025 AI Compliance Solution of the Year - AI Breakthrough Awards
• 2025 DEVIES Award to our SBOM Manager for innovation and impact in developer technology
• 2024 Industry Leader in Forrester-Wave for Software Composition Analysis (2024 Q4 report)
• Constellation AST Shortlist: Sonatype listed on the Constellation ShortList™ for Application Security Testing for 2024
• Data Breakthrough Awards: 2024 winner in the "Open Source Data Solution of the Year"
• SD Times: Best in Show Security
• Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024
• The Herd Top 100 Private Software Companies 2024