Senior DevOps Engineer - GCP

Infrastructure Automation & Platform Engineering - Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). - Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and reusable infrastructure modules. - Build self-service platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure efficiently. - Implement infrastructure standards, governance controls, and automation frameworks across multiple environments. CI/CD & Release Engineering Design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using tools such as: - GitHub Actions - Jenkins - GitLab CI/CD - Harness Drive deployment automation, release management, environment provisioning, and configuration management practices. Improve deployment reliability through progressive delivery approaches, automated testing, and deployment guardrails. Champion GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices across the engineering landscape. Cloud Architecture & Operations Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud architecture, best practices, and operational excellence. Support cloud-native services including: - GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) - Cloud Run - Cloud Functions - Pub/Sub - Cloud SQL - Apigee - VPC Networking - IAM - Cloud Monitoring - Design resilient and observable systems aligned to enterprise security and reliability standards. - API Platform & Marketplace Enablement - Build and maintain infrastructure supporting enterprise API platforms and external marketplace services. - Enable secure onboarding of internal and external API consumers. - Establish standardized deployment and operational processes for API products and services. - Support API gateway technologies such as Apigee and enterprise integration platforms. - Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews. - Improve platform availability, scalability, and performance through automation and engineering improvements. - Monitoring & Observability - Implement enterprise monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability solutions. Utilize tools including: - Prometheus - Grafana - Google Cloud Monitoring - ELK/Elastic Stack - OpenTelemetry - Proactively identify issues before they impact customers and engineering teams. - Develop dashboards and operational reporting for platform health and reliability. - DevSecOps & Security - Embed security best practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle. - Integrate automated vulnerability scanning, code analysis, policy enforcement, and compliance controls into CI/CD pipelines. - Partner with Cyber Security teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory requirements. - Support implementation of secure identity and access management controls across cloud platforms. Operational Excellence: - Lead resolution of complex production incidents and service disruptions. - Continuously improve operational procedures, runbooks, and platform support processes. - Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve service reliability. - Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization while maintaining performance and resilience. - Mentoring & Leadership - Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps best practices across the engineering community. - Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, platform teams, and product owners. - Drive engineering excellence through knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and continuous learning. What You'll Need - Essential Skills & Experience - DevOps & Cloud Engineering - Proven experience (10+ years) in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles. - Significant experience operating highly available production systems at enterprise scale. - GCP Expertise (Essential) Strong hands-on experience with: - GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) - Cloud Run - Cloud Functions - Pub/Sub - Cloud SQL - VPC Networking - IAM - Cloud Monitoring - Secret Manager - Cloud Storage - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Expert-level knowledge of Terraform. - Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and automation frameworks. - Experience with policy-as-code and infrastructure governance. Kubernetes & Containerization - Strong experience with: - Kubernetes - Docker - Container security - Service mesh technologies - Experience operating production Kubernetes environments. - CI/CD & Release Management Experience with: - GitHub Actions - Jenkins - GitLab CI/CD - Harness - ArgoCD (desirable) Strong understanding of: - GitOps - Deployment strategies - Release automation - Configuration management - API & Integration Technologies Experience working with API Gateway technologies such as: - Apigee - Azure API Management - Kong (desirable) - Strong understanding of: - REST APIs - OpenAPI Specifications - OAuth2 - JWT - API Security Standards - Observability & Monitoring Experience with: - Prometheus - Grafana - ELK Stack - OpenTelemetry - Google Cloud Monitoring - Scripting & Automation Proficiency in one or more of: - Python [optional] - Bash - Go - PowerShell - Networking & Security Pracyva is one of THE FASTEST GROWING specialized RecruitmentConsulting firm in UK and Europe… Pracyva Limited has local presence across UK , Europe ( Ireland, Netherlands , Poland ,Germany ), USA, Middle East  and India , serving Top IT clients for large volumes ..We are currently hiring for our Reputed client