GCP & DB Cloud Engineer - SSE

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Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com

Your future duties and responsibilities

Job Title: GCP Cloud Engineer

Position: Senior Software Engineer

Experience: 3– 5 Years

Category: Software Engineering

Position ID: J0626-0835

Shift: Rotational shift

Work Mode: 5 days WFO

Primary Location: India – Chennai

CGI Office: DLF Chennai office

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech/MCA/BCA

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

We are looking for a GCP Cloud Engineer with 3–5 years of experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, and cloud database technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building, automating, and supporting secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure while working closely with application, DevOps, and security teams.

Key Responsibilities :

. Design, implement, and manage GCP infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

. Support GCP Landing Zones, multi-project environments, and governance frameworks using Organizations, Folders, and IAM.

. Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters and containerized workloads.

. Configure and maintain GCP networking components including VPCs, subnets, routes, firewall rules, and Private Service Connect.

. Implement security best practices using IAM, Service Accounts, Secret Manager, Cloud KMS, and Cloud Armor.

. Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operational tasks using Python, Shell scripting, or PowerShell.

. Monitor cloud infrastructure and applications using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar tools.

. Manage backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability configurations across cloud resources.

. Support and administer GCP database services such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Firestore, Bigtable, or Cloud Spanner.

. Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Required / Must have Skills :

. 3–4 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

. Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation.

. Hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Kubernetes concepts, deployments, autoscaling, and container orchestration.

. Good understanding of GCP networking, including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, routing, and load balancing.

. Experience with GCP IAM, security controls, and cloud governance.

. Knowledge of cloud databases such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Firestore, Bigtable, or Cloud Spanner.

. Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Datadog, or Dynatrace.

. Proficiency in scripting using Python, Shell, or PowerShell.

. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Certifications

. Google Associate Cloud Engineer

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