GCP DevOps Engineer - Bridgewater, NJ (Hybrid)

GCP DevOps Engineer (Bridgewater, NJ - Hybrid) We are looking to hire a candidate with the skills sets mentioned and experience for one of our clients within the multinational technology services Industry. This is a contracting role, Hybrid role in Bridgewater, NJ. Summary: Designs, builds, and maintains scalable, secure Google Cloud infrastructure, focusing on automating processes through CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Deployment Manager), and container orchestration (GKE, Docker), ensuring reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency while collaborating closely with development teams for seamless application delivery. Key tasks include provisioning, monitoring, security, troubleshooting, and implementing best practices for agile, efficient software lifecycle management. Key Responsibilities: Infrastructure Management: Design, provision, and managing GCP resources (VMs, networks, storage, GKE) using IaC tools like Terraform, ensuring scalability and security. CI/CD & Automation: Develop and maintain automated pipelines for building, testing, and deploying applications using tools like Cloud Build, Jenkins, and scripting (Python). Containerization & Orchestration: Implement and manage containerized applications with Docker and orchestrate them using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Monitoring & Observability: Set up logging, monitoring (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and alerting to ensure system health, performance, and user experience. Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices, manage access controls (IAM), and maintain compliance across the cloud environment. Collaboration: Bridge development and operations, working with software engineers to streamline workflows, resolving issues, and improving application architecture. Cost Optimization: Identify opportunities to reduce cloud spending through resource rightsizing and efficient management. Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues. Required Qualifications: GCP Services: GKE, Cloud Build, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, IAM, Cloud Storage, VPC. IaC: Terraform, Cloud Deployment Manager, Ansible. CI/CD: Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI. Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes. Scripting: Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack. Other Job Details: Location: Bridgewater, NJ (Hybrid). Job Type: C2C or W2. Pay Rate: $60/hr. on W2 OR $65/hr. on C2C. Docs required: ID proof will be required.