Cloud / Network Engineer III (GCP-Focused)
Location: REMOTE
On-Call Rotation Required
Contract: 1 Year
Client- Southern Company Services.
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship Required
Position Overview
We are seeking a Cloud / Network Engineer III (Cloud Infrastructure Analyst – GCP Focused) to design, implement, and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .
This role supports a multi-cloud environment and requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, architects, security teams, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions. The ideal candidate has hands-on enterprise GCP experience, strong networking expertise, and operational production support experience.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
• Design and develop GCP-centric cloud architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Implement and maintain cloud solutions across GCP and other cloud platforms .
• Develop and maintain cloud documentation including:
• Architecture diagrams
• Policies & procedures
• Operational runbooks
Cloud Networking & Connectivity
• Design and support VPC networking , subnetting, routing, and firewall rules.
• Support hybrid connectivity across:
• GCP
• Other cloud providers
• On-premises environments
• Work with multi-cloud connectivity solutions such as:
• GCP Cloud Interconnect
• Azure ExpressRoute
• Oracle FastConnect
Security & Compliance
• Implement and manage GCP IAM , service accounts, and secure workload authentication.
• Identify and mitigate security risks.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support governance and cloud security controls.
Operations & Optimization
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and support production cloud platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Optimize infrastructure for:
• Performance
• Availability
• Cost efficiency
• Automate infrastructure lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Required Qualifications
• Hands-on enterprise experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .
• Experience with:
• GCP Projects
• IAM
• VPC networking
• Compute & storage
• Security configurations
• Strong understanding of:
• IP addressing
• Subnetting
• Routing
• Firewall rules
• Hybrid cloud connectivity
• Experience supporting production cloud environments.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to regulatory/security requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with:
• Microsoft Azure (AKS, Databricks, Data Factory)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Experience with enterprise firewall platforms (Palo Alto preferred).
• Experience with automation and IaC tools:
• Terraform
• ARM
• PowerShell
• Python
• Ansible
• CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with observability tools:
• Google Cloud Operations Suite
• Azure Monitor
• Familiarity with regulatory environments:
• NERC CIP
• SOX
• Experience in utility or regulated industry environments.
Education & Experience
• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related technical field preferred.
• Equivalent experience and/or cloud certifications may substitute.
• 5–8 years of engineering and/or operational cloud infrastructure experience.