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We are looking for a highly skilled Level 3 GCP Support Engineer responsible for providing advanced technical support, incident management, and change management for mission-critical cloud environments hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on expertise across GCP services, strong automation and IaC skills with Terraform, and the ability to troubleshoot complex multi-layer cloud infrastructure issues.
Job Responsibility:
Act as the primary escalation point for complex incidents requiring deep technical analysis
Troubleshoot and resolve priority P1/P2 issues related to compute, storage, networking, databases, IAM, Kubernetes (GKE), logging/monitoring, and cloud security
Perform detailed root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent fixes to avoid repeat incidents
Liaise with Google Cloud Support to escalate vendor-level issues where necessary
Ensure SLAs, SLOs, and incident response times are consistently met
Plan, validate, and implement controlled changes in production and non-production environments following ITIL processes
Perform impact analysis, risk assessment, and rollback planning for all assigned changes
Maintain change documentation and ensure compliance with organizational and audit standards
Manage, configure, and optimize core GCP services—Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, GKE, Load Balancers, Cloud Functions, and IAM
Monitor platform performance and troubleshoot reliability, performance, and capacity issues
Implement cost optimization strategies and assist with budget and quota management
Maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting via Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and third-party tools
Build, maintain, and enhance infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates using Terraform
Standardize deployments and enforce modular, reusable Terraform code structures
Integrate Terraform with CI/CD pipelines for automated provisioning
Conduct security and compliance reviews for Terraform builds and cloud resources
Develop scripts and automations using Python, Bash, or Cloud-native tools to reduce manual operational overhead
Identify opportunities for service improvements and drive optimization initiatives
Create runbooks, SOPs, and automation frameworks to streamline repeated tasks
Implement and maintain GCP security best practices, including IAM least privilege, VPC security, firewall rules, CMEK, and security posture management
Assist in internal/external audits and ensure cloud environment compliance with organizational policies
Monitor and respond to security alerts, vulnerabilities, and threats
Maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, procedures, incident reports, and change logs
Mentor junior engineers (L1/L2) and conduct knowledge transfer sessions
Contribute to technical architecture reviews and best-practice recommendations
Requirements:
Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform support and administration
Strong understanding of GCP architecture, networking, security, IAM, compute, storage, and container services
Proven experience handling 24×7 support, on-call rotations, and production-critical workloads
Advanced proficiency with Terraform for IaC, including modules, workspaces, and GCP providers
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions
Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux, networks, APIs, and cloud-native services
At least one active GCP Associate/Professional certification is mandatory
Deep understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
Strong communication, analytical thinking, and technical documentation skills
Nice to have:
Experience with Kubernetes/GKE cluster operations and troubleshooting
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)