NTT DATA North America · 2 hours ago
Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
Plano, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
8+ years expNTT DATA North America is a leading business and technology services provider, seeking a Lead Public Cloud Engineer - GCP to join their team. This role involves advanced technical support and optimization of managed customer cloud environments, focusing primarily on Google Cloud Platform while also participating in automation initiatives and mentoring junior team members.
ConsultingDigital MarketingInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyIT Management
Responsibilities
Support Customer Self-Provision cloud instances across GCP, AWS, Azure and OCI with security guardrail and backend deployment
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents, performance issues, and service outages in production and staging environments
Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure high availability and reliability
Lead root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation for major incidents
Execute patch management, upgrades, and regular maintenance activities
Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies and operations
Participate in on-call rotation and after-hours support as required
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or OCI Resource Manager
Use scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate repetitive tasks and operational processes
Champion the use of configuration management tools and assist in DevOps pipeline integrations
Recommend and implement cost optimization, resource utilization, and rightsizing strategies
Ensure adherence to security best practices, including least-privilege access, encryption, and network segmentation
Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies and roles
Monitor, identify, and remediate security vulnerabilities reported by scanning tools or external advisories
Support compliance efforts related to customer and regulatory requirements (TxRAMP, ISO, SOC2, etc.)
Work closely with application, security, and network teams for solution delivery and support
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance as needed
Create and update technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs
Participate in client calls to provide technical input when required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field
At least two of the following certifications (or equivalent experience): Google Professional Cloud Architect / Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps Administrator, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Solutions Architect Expert, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate/Professional
8-10 years' experience
8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, operations, or support
7+ years multi-cloud experience (must have hands-on in at least 4 of AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI; familiarity in all is preferred; AWS and Azure cloud are mandatory)
In-depth expertise with provisioning, configuring, securing, supporting, and optimizing cloud-native and hybrid workloads in GCP, AWS, Azure, and/or OCI
Administration of compute, storage, networking, database, and PaaS services across supported platforms
Deep hands-on knowledge in architecture, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting in major public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, etc.)
Familiarity with cloud-native security best practices (IAM, network security, data encryption, etc.)
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
Expert in ServiceNow ITSM and familiar with integration with AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI in service catalog
Expert in Cloud Cost Optimization. Familiar with Apptio Cloudability
Strong expertise in multi-cloud disaster recovery
Familiarity in AppGate SDP, Qualys TotalCloud, Qualys Patch Management, Qualys CSAM, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto NGFW, etc
Ability to analyze logs and monitor performance using native tools (Stackdriver, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, etc.)
Strong understanding of backup strategy, disaster recovery, and high-availability architecture
Be able to support customer remote file service in Azure File Share in Azure Gov Cloud (Azure Cloud Sr Engineer)
Have strong expertise in multi-cloud security compliance, data encryption, network security, user access control, private endpoint setup, etc
Have strong expertise in GitHub and Repository management
Be able to set up rules/thresholds in GCP Monitoring, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch and OCI Monitoring to generate alerts and connect with ServiceNow Incident Ticketing
Be able to connect multi-cloud VMs and instances with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM
Be able to support customer self-provision cloud instances with required security (guardrail) via Azure Blueprints, AWS Control Tower, etc
Preferred
DevOps Or Automation Certifications (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform)
ITIL Foundation or other support framework knowledge
Company
NTT DATA North America
NTT DATA, Inc. is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services.
10001+ employees
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