Hello There,
My name is Himanshu Sharma, and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of GCP DevOps/ Cloud Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at Himanshu01@kanakits.com .
Job Description
Positionย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย :ย GCPย DevOps/ย Cloudย Engineerย (Associate level)
Locationย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย : Dallas, TXย Hybrid (3 days a week onsite & must be willing to relocate and be onsite on day 1)
Durationย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย : Long term contract
Responsibilities
- Provides intermediate level technical support forย Googleย Cloudย Platformย (GCP) engineering with minimal oversight.
- Designs, implements, and deploys customย cloudย platformย configuration via IaC to support and meet business needs. Identifies opportunities for improvement, escalating as necessary.
- Monitors and supports health ofย GCPย platformย through the use of monitoring tools and applications. Maintains proficient knowledge ofย cloudย software and infrastructure platforms.
- Trains and mentors staff and IT project teams, providing guidance and consultation as required. Writes and maintains documentation for the department.
- Administers systems by actively managing patching, routine maintenance and backups to include the scheduling and execution of related tasks. Evaluating system performance and capacity in a large distributed infrastructure environment
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of total experience with 4+ yearsย Googleย Cloudย experience is a must have.ย
- Along with Terraform/Github Infrastructure as code experience.
Additional info:
Team responsibilities:
- The team is currently focused on building outย Googleย Cloudย Platformย (GCP) capabilities.
- The primary goal is to hire someone to support day-to-day (BAU) operations andย platformย engineeringโnot a data-focused role
Whyย GCP:
- Vanguard has a multi-cloudย strategy, already running Azure and someย Googleย workloads.
- The focus now is on formalizing theirย GCPย footprint, implementing governance and controls.
- Thereโs a growing interest in AI/LLM workloads, but this particular role is not focused on AIโitโs purely infrastructure/platform-related.
Position requirements/details:
- The new hire will be supporting theย GCPย landing zone and core infrastructure (networking, storage, compute).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience is criticalโTerraform is the preferred tool.
Skill Matrix
Skills / Tools
Years of Exp.
Last Used
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Terraform (IaC)
GitHub / Git (CI/CD & IaC)
Cloud Networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewall Rules)
Compute & Storage (GCE, GKE, Buckets, Persistent Disks)
Monitoring & Logging (Stackdriver / Cloud Monitoring)
Linux System Administration
Patch Management & Backup Ops
Multi-Cloud (Azure + GCP)