[Remote] GCP Cloud Engineer - Management and Operations (Remote in US)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Resultant is an outcomes-focused consulting firm committed to helping clients leverage technology and data for better decision-making. They are seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer to stabilize and operate the GCP infrastructure for a health information exchange platform, requiring close coordination with State IT and adherence to strict standards. The role involves managing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring platform reliability and security in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Environment Manager: responsible and accountable for overall health, availability, performance, security, cost, and day-to-day operations of the GCP platform and toolset
• Lead efforts to stabilize and optimize the HIE platform, addressing production issues, technical debt, and deployment inconsistencies
• Lead or participate in incident response, monitoring, operational support, governance, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and resolution of platform defects and integration issues
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, deployment standards, and security artifacts
• Partner with architecture, security, and data teams to align platform architecture with project deliverables and contractual, regulatory, and operational expectations
• Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment
• Support migration and alignment of existing GitHub-based pipelines into Azure DevOps
• Implement and maintain repeatable deployment frameworks for containerized platform and application services
• Support application teams with environment configuration and release processes
• Improve deployment reliability and rollback strategies for production releases
• Design and implement GCP infrastructure across DEV, QA, STAGE, PROD, etc
• Manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, aligned with IT-provided baseline services (VPCs, DNS, service accounts), controls, and standards
• Implement and maintain secure, scalable cloud patterns including networking, IAM, and service integrations
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads (e.g., Kubernetes/GKE or equivalent)
• Support integrations across healthcare, public health, and social services systems
• Work with data ingestion pipelines, secure file transfer (e.g., SFTP/MOVEit), APIs, and new partner onboarding
• Align platform with client's interoperability patterns and data governance expectations
• Implement and manage federated identity patterns (BYOC) across multiple Identity Providers (e.g., State systems, State SSO, external IdPs)
• Support role-based access controls and auditability aligned with data access policies
• Collaborate with security stakeholders to support ATO readiness and compliance activities
• Establish, improve, and operate industry-standard tools, metrics, procedures, and governance around security and vulnerability management
• This role operates within a multi-stakeholder environment and requires direct partnering with State agencies, external healthcare and social services partners, and internal engineering, data, security, and audit teams. The position requires a collaborative, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and provide structured, actionable solutions

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of extensive, hands-on experience in cloud engineering or DevOps roles primarily on GCP in large mission-critical production environments
• Deep expertise in managing Terraform-based infrastructure deployments
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, CI/CD)
• Experience with containerized platforms (Kubernetes, Docker) including container observability
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Experience with Airflow/Cloud Composer, especially for orchestrating data pipelines
• Experience with Git-based workflows and release management
• Strong troubleshooting skills in complex, integrated environments
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification or higher
• Willing to travel as needed for business needs (approximately 10%)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Experience with Healthcare IT, HIE, or SHIE platforms
• Familiarity with HIPAA, PII, and data governance requirements
• Experience integrating with external partners, state agencies, or regulated systems
• Experience working within state government or public sector environments
• Experience working in maintenance and operations of critical SLA-bound environments with ongoing project releases
• Familiarity with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), federated identity, or OAuth/OIDC patterns
• Experience with data platforms (BigQuery, data lakes, data mesh architectures)
• Exposure to Security Command Center, monitoring, and compliance tooling
• Experience in other public clouds, specifically AWS and Azure
• Desirable certifications: Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Google Professional Security Operations Engineer, or other Terraform, Kubernetes, or equivalent including Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Benefits

• Resultant offers a flexible, high-trust environment
• Flexibility means autonomy paired with accountability: the freedom to work in ways that fit your life, balanced with the reliability our clients and coworkers count on

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