Senior Hybrid GCP Cloud Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer with a strong DevOps focus. This role requires deep expertise in Linux and hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience. The ideal candidate will serve as a technical thought leader, shaping our technical landscape and contributing to a dynamic team focused on innovation and collaboration. This position involves working with advanced Google Cloud and Gemini solutions to drive business impact.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for Linux and GCP operational issues.
• Provide advanced Tier 3 technical infrastructure, DevOps, and engineering support for complex challenges.
• Support the operational stability for microservices and web-based workloads.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance to ensure uptime and reliability.
• Act as a key participant in new feature development, working with leadership and engineering teams.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Contribute to documentation, automation scripts, and internal knowledge sharing.
• Act as a bridge between platform operations and DevOps or engineering teams.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of training and experience is required.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 8 years of cloud engineering experience, including at least 4 years in GCP environments. This includes strong experience in Linux system administration (OS troubleshooting, patching, mounts) and supporting GCP platform health and alerting.

Technical Skills

• Extensive hands-on expertise with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD concepts is required.
• Proficiency with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM, GKE, and BigQuery is necessary.
• A strong background in pipeline automation is also needed.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, particularly Vertex AI and Gemini.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification.
• Familiarity with other cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum software development teams.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and foster a growth mindset within a team.

Benefits

This position offers an opportunity to grow into deeper cloud, automation, and AI platform support while working within a global team structure.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.