Senior GCP Engineer

Job Title: Senior Cloud Engineer (GCP) Location: Minneapolis, MN (Onsite) Duration: 12+ Months Job Description: • We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep Google Cloud Platform (GCP) expertise to embed within application development teams and drive high-quality cloud architecture and implementation. This role combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, ensuring teams select and implement the right GCP services and patterns. • You will operate as a technical leader across multiple teams, owning cloud-related decisions, accelerating delivery, and raising the overall engineering maturity of our application development organization. What You’ll Do • Own and guide GCP architecture decisions for application teams, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency • Embed with development teams to accelerate delivery on high-priority initiatives • Act as a bridge between application teams and platform engineering, leveraging shared capabilities while adapting them to real-world needs • Design and implement infrastructure using Terraform, including: • Internal enterprise modules • Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (CFF) modules • Custom extensions where needed • Contribute directly to delivery with a hands-on approach (~50% coding/building) • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues; serve as a Tier 3 escalation point • Help define and mature CI/CD and DevSecOps practices using GitLab and enterprise standards • Guide teams in adopting secure, scalable patterns across networking, IAM, and service design • Upskill and mentor developers on cloud-native development and infrastructure practices • Provide pragmatic guidance—balancing best practices with delivery speed What You Bring Core Experience • Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in production environments • Proven ability to design and implement cloud architectures, not just operate them • Deep experience with Terraform in enterprise environments • Experience working with or extending modular IaC frameworks (e.g., CFF or similar) • Background supporting or embedding within application development teams Technical Skills • GCP services across compute and application platforms (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine) • Strong understanding of: • IAM and security design • Networking (VPCs, connectivity, service access) • Observability and troubleshooting • CI/CD experience, preferably with GitLab pipelines • Familiarity with Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) concepts (e.g., Humanitec or similar) Ways of Working • Comfortable owning decisions and influencing without authority • Able to move between teams and contexts quickly • Strong troubleshooting mindset—able to dig into complex issues and resolve them hands-on • Passion for mentoring and elevating other engineers • Pragmatic: knows when to standardize and when to adapt Nice to Have • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification • Experience with Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (CFF) • Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms • Exposure to DevSecOps and enterprise security practices