Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer

We are looking for Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer for our client in Charlotte, NC

Job Title: Lead Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer

Job Location: Charlotte, NC

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $65.00hr - $70.00hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 5+ years of cloud platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience.
• 3+ years of Python development and automation experience.
• Experience implementing centralized observability solutions across multiple cloud accounts/projects.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational analytics.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Monitoring and Google Cloud Logging.
• Proficiency with Managed Service for Prometheus, Cloud Trace, Cloud Profiler, and Cloud Audit Logs.
• Experience with PubSub, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine).
• Knowledge of IAM, Shared VPC, and Organization-level monitoring configurations.
• Experience with DevOps and Automation tools including Terraform, Git/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale cloud platform services on Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop reusable platform capabilities, standards, and automation frameworks.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Support cloud governance, IAM, networking, security, and compliance requirements.
• Drive platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Design and implement centralized observability architecture across multiple Google Cloud Platform projects and environments.
• Build enterprise monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions using Google Cloud Platform-native and third-party observability tools.
• Centralize logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and alerts across development, test, and production environments.
• Define observability standards, SLIs/SLOs, alerting strategies, and operational runbooks.
• Create executive, operational, and application health dashboards.
• Establish monitoring coverage for cloud infrastructure.
• Develop solutions for automated alert management, reporting, and operational analytics.
• Partner with development and operations teams to improve system reliability.
• Conduct root cause analysis and incident investigations.
• Optimize monitoring coverage while reducing alert fatigue.
• Support production operations and platform upgrades.
• Drive continuous improvement of operational processes and platform observability.

Nice to Have:

• Experience designing organization-wide observability frameworks.
• Experience implementing OpenTelemetry standards.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
• Experience supporting data platforms and AI/ML workloads.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer certification.

Skills:

• Google Cloud Platform.
• Google Cloud Monitoring.
• Cloud Logging.
• Python.
• Terraform.
• OpenTelemetry.
• Datadog.
• Grafana.
• Prometheus.
• GKE.
• Cloud Run.
• SRE.
• Observability.
• Monitoring.
• Logging.
• Alerting.
• Platform Engineering.
• DevOps.
• Cloud Automation.

Qualification And Education:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities