Saama · 1 week ago
GCP DevOps Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelSaama is seeking a Senior GCP DevOps Engineer with a deep architectural mindset to design and manage their global cloud footprint. The role focuses on building a resilient, high-availability platform across multiple regions while ensuring services are always-on and optimized for speed.
Big DataArtificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyCloud ComputingLife SciencePharmaceuticalSoftwareAnalyticsClinical TrialsData ManagementMachine LearningPredictive Analytics
Responsibilities
Design and implement resilient architectures across multiple GCP regions and availability zones to ensure 99.99% uptime and robust disaster recovery
Deploy and manage Global Cloud Load Balancing (GCLB) and Cloud DNS to optimize traffic flow and minimize latency
Architect distributed database solutions (e.g., Cloud Spanner, Multi-region Cloud SQL) to maintain data consistency and availability
Build and optimize sophisticated deployment pipelines using Cloud Build, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, focusing on 'canary' and 'blue-green' deployment patterns
Standardize all infrastructure via Terraform, utilizing modular designs to ensure consistency across dev, staging, and production environments
Manage environment-specific configurations and secrets using Secret Manager and Config Controller
Oversee large-scale Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, implementing Multi-cluster Ingress and Anthos for cross-region workload orchestration
Develop custom scaling metrics to ensure the platform expands seamlessly during peak loads and contracts during idle periods to maintain efficiency
Qualification
Required
Extensive experience with GCP Network design, including Shared VPCs, Cloud Interconnect, and VPC Peering
Mastery of Docker and Kubernetes (GKE), specifically in multi-cluster or multi-region configurations
Expert-level proficiency in Terraform (specifically building reusable modules)
Proven track record of conducting 'Chaos Engineering' or DR drills to test system durability
Company
Saama
Saama is the number one AI-powered clinical analytics cloud platform company delivering actionable business insights for life sciences.
Founded in 1997
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$75.75MKey Investors
Carrick Capital Partners
2021-10-20Private Equity
2021-10-20Acquired
2019-03-25Series Unknown· $40M
Leadership Team
Bhaskar Sambasivan
Chief Executive Officer
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