Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services, telecommunication, and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Opplane leadership team is comprised of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and experienced executives. Its expertise comes from years of specific industry experience at some of the world’s top companies, such as PayPal, Xerox Parc, Amazon, Wells Fargo, SoFi in the areas of product management, data technology, data governance, data privacy, security, machine learning, and risk management. Global & Multicultural – Diverse perspectives, global collaboration (US, Portugal, India and Singapore offices) Startup Energy – Fast-moving, impact-driven environment Ownership Mindset – Engineers own what they build Collaborative & Friendly – Open, curious, and supportive culture
Lead GCP Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
12 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
The GCP Engineer is a senior cloud engineering role responsible for architecting scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions on Google Cloud Platform. This position combines hands-on technical expertise with cloud engineering leadership, driving modernization initiatives, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code adoption, and enterprise cloud standards.
The role plays a key part in enabling secure cloud-native systems, guiding platform evolution, and mentoring engineering teams to accelerate cloud adoption across the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of software, cloud, or infrastructure engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures
- Strong expertise in GCP core services and networking
- Kubernetes (GKE) and containerization
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Python, Java, Go, or similar languages
- Experience in Agile/DevOps environments
Requirements
- Design and implement enterprise-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform
- Architect scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native and hybrid applications
- Lead migration and modernization initiatives, including re-platforming and transformation efforts
- Define and maintain cloud architecture standards and best practices
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent
- Automate provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows
- Promote observability and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and key management best practices
- Partner with security and compliance teams to enforce governance and cost controls
- Act as technical lead for cross-functional cloud initiatives
- Conduct architecture reviews and guide engineering best practices
- Mentor engineers across application, infrastructure, and platform teams
- Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions
- Implement and optimize GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
- Optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across environments
Benefits
- GCP Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Data Engineer)
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, healthcare)
- Strong background in security and compliance frameworks
- Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Knowledge of SRE and observability practices
Company Description
Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services, telecommunication, and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Opplane leadership team is comprised of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and experienced executives. Its expertise comes from years of specific industry experience at some of the world’s top companies, such as PayPal, Xerox Parc, Amazon, Wells Fargo, SoFi in the areas of product management, data technology, data governance, data privacy, security, machine learning, and risk management.
- Global & Multicultural – Diverse perspectives, global collaboration (US, Portugal, India and Singapore offices)
- Startup Energy – Fast-moving, impact-driven environment
- Ownership Mindset – Engineers own what they build
- Collaborative & Friendly – Open, curious, and supportive culture
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of software, cloud, or infrastructure engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures
- Strong expertise in GCP core services and networking
- Kubernetes (GKE) and containerization
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Python, Java, Go, or similar languages
- Experience in Agile/DevOps environments
- Design and implement enterprise-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform
- Architect scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native and hybrid applications
- Lead migration and modernization initiatives, including re-platforming and transformation efforts
- Define and maintain cloud architecture standards and best practices
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent
- Automate provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows
- Promote observability and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and key management best practices
- Partner with security and compliance teams to enforce governance and cost controls
- Act as technical lead for cross-functional cloud initiatives
- Conduct architecture reviews and guide engineering best practices
- Mentor engineers across application, infrastructure, and platform teams
- Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions
- Implement and optimize GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
- Optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across environments
Benefits
- GCP Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Data Engineer)
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, healthcare)
- Strong background in security and compliance frameworks
- Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Knowledge of SRE and observability practices
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