Senior GCP Engineer - (Vertex AI & Gemini) - Plano, TX (Only locals)

[Divya Sai]

Hello

Please review the job description below. If you are interested in this position, please forward your updated resume as soon as possible and provide the preferred time to talk about this opportunity further.

Title: Senior GCP Engineer - (Vertex AI & Gemini)
Location: Plano, TX (Onsite)
Type : Contract

The must have skills for this role are: Google Security Engineer, Google Service Enablement knowledge, Terraform, and DevOps.
Nice to have skills include hands on experience with Vertex AI, Gemini, and other Google services.

Summary :
We are looking for a hands-on Senior GCP Engineer to support the enablement of Google Cloud Platform services within a large, regulated enterprise environment.
This role will focus initially on enabling Vertex AI and Gemini AI services, followed by a phased rollout of additional GCP services as part of a broader multi-cloud strategy.
The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in GCP infrastructure, security, and automation with experience working in highly governed, compliance-driven environments.
This is a delivery-focused role with opportunities to provide technical leadership and influence platform standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities :
GCP Platform & Service Enablement
• Design, build, and enable secure-by-default GCP landing zones aligned with enterprise governance standards.
• Lead the enablement of Vertex AI and Gemini AI services, focusing on secure consumption patterns rather than model tuning.
• Support phased rollout of 15–20 additional GCP services over 12 months, following defined enablement and approval processes.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation
• Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure, including:
o Organization, folder, and project hierarchy
o IAM foundations and identity federation
o Network configurations (Shared VPCs, private access, firewall policies)
o Organization policies and guardrails
• Build reusable Terraform modules and manage deployments using GitOps and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform Enterprise).
• Implement policy-as-code gates, Terraform plan checks, and compliance validations.

Security, Governance & Compliance
• Implement and enforce enterprise security controls, including:
o Workforce and workload identity federation
o Least-privilege IAM and RBAC models
o VPC Service Controls and hierarchical firewall policies
o Cloud KMS, Secret Manager, and data protection controls
• Collaborate closely with security, risk, and compliance teams to review guardrails and monitoring requirements.
• Support identity federation across clouds (e.g., AWS–GCP) and hybrid connectivity patterns (VPN / Interconnect).

CI/CD, Testing & Release Management
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines for platform enablement and service rollout.
• Implement testing strategies for infrastructure and platform components, including:
o Unit and integration testing
o Static analysis and policy validation
o End-to-end testing in non-production environments
• Work within enterprise release governance frameworks, including ServiceNow-based change and release management.

Documentation & Collaboration
• Produce clear, high-quality technical documentation for platform designs, enablement processes, and operational runbooks.
• Act as a hands-on contributor while providing guidance to peers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Partner with platform, application, and security stakeholders to ensure smooth onboarding and adoption of GCP services.

Required Skills & Experience
• 10+ years of overall IT experience, with 5–6+ years of hands-on GCP experience.
• Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform, including:
o GCP organization and project structures
o IAM, identity federation, and security policies
o Networking (Shared VPCs, private access, firewall rules)
o Vertex AI and AI service enablement
• Advanced experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code in large-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of security, governance, and compliance in regulated enterprises (financial services preferred).
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform services.
• Proficiency in Python (automation, scripting, testing).
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (AWS + GCP a plus).

Thanks
Divya