Lead Platform Engineer (Gcp)

TL;DR

Lead Platform Engineer (GCP): Responsible for architecting and maintaining the foundational infrastructure, developer tools, APIs, and integrations that support efficient and scalable software development with an accent on automation workflows and streamlining processes to improve team agility. Focus on designing efficient and secure pipelines tailored to specific software delivery engagements, ensuring fast feedback loops and adherence to risk management, security, and governance requirements.

Company

hirify.global is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable platform infrastructure to support the development and production environments.
• Drive automation and CI/CD pipelines for the platform, improving the speed and efficiency of deployments and operations.
• Ensure the platform's security, scalability, and high availability, meeting the business needs and operational SLAs.
• Implement and oversee the use of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and manage cloud infrastructure service GCP
• Support the adoption of DevOps and GitOps practices to streamline deployments, enhance collaboration, and reduce manual intervention.
• Actively participate in performance tuning and optimization for cloud-based applications and infrastructure, ensuring long-term sustainability and performance.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
• Deep understanding of cloud platform GCP and their services, including compute, storage, networking, and serverless technologies.
• Strong experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) and container orchestration platform GKE
• Expertise in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, NewRelic, or ELK Stack, with the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot platform issues.
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, with advanced/fluency in English.

Culture & Benefits

• Career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow.
• Inclusive & accessible workplace employer of choice for all including those living with disability.
• Wide variety of benefits to support the teams' advancement, their health and wellbeing.