Systems Engineer - GCP (Secret Clearance Required)
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Location: Washington, DC 20011
Description:
Systems Engineer - GCP
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - GCP will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires expertise in infrastructure automation, cloud security, networking, and CI/CD pipeline development. The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive cloud optimization and automation efforts in a high-security government environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Skills:
This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape cloud automation and infrastructure strategies in a high-impact government environment.
Skills & Requirements Qualifications
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - GCP will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires expertise in infrastructure automation, cloud security, networking, and CI/CD pipeline development. The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive cloud optimization and automation efforts in a high-security government environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineering: Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient GCP environments to support enterprise applications.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain Terraform, Packer, and Jenkins pipelines to automate cloud provisioning and configuration management.
- Cloud Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices, including IAM role management, encryption, and GCP Security Command Center to ensure adherence to federal standards.
- Networking & Connectivity: Configure and troubleshoot VPCs, subnets, firewalls, load balancers, and hybrid cloud networking to optimize performance and security.
- CI/CD & DevOps Integration: Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Terraform to streamline deployments and cloud automation.
- Cloud Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize GCP resources using Harness Cloud Costs, Stackdriver, and cost analytics tools to drive efficiency and reduce spending.
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Operations: Support integrations between GCP, AWS, and Azure, ensuring seamless interoperability across cloud environments.
- Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Provide expert-level troubleshooting for cloud-based systems, ensuring high availability and rapid recovery from failures.
- Server Automation & Configuration Management: Develop and maintain PowerShell, Bash, and Python scripts for system administration and automated deployments.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to align cloud strategies with business needs.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or DevOps, with a focus on GCP.
- Certifications: Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent GCP certification preferred.
- Cloud Automation & DevOps: Strong expertise in Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, and Azure DevOps for automation and continuous integration.
- Security & Compliance: In-depth knowledge of GCP IAM, encryption, security monitoring, and compliance frameworks.
- Networking & Load Balancing: Proficiency in configuring GCP VPCs, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Interconnect, and VPNs.
- Multi-Cloud Experience: Familiarity with AWS and Azure for cross-cloud integrations and hybrid cloud solutions.
- Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, and JSON/YAML scripting for cloud automation.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with serverless computing, Kubernetes (GKE), and container orchestration.
- Knowledge of GCP Anthos, Cloud Functions, and App Engine for scalable deployments.
- Familiarity with incident response, disaster recovery, and high-availability cloud architectures.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape cloud automation and infrastructure strategies in a high-impact government environment.
Skills & Requirements Qualifications
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.