Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

Job Title

Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

Location

Salt Lake City, UT | Onsite

Employment Type

Contract

Duration

6-12 months

Pay

$55/hr

About

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is 'Great Place to Work® CertifiedTM' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Job Details

Our client is seeking a Senior GCP Cloud Engineer. In this role, you'll design and deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and lead the migration of complex applications from on premises environments to the cloud.

You'll work across application, infrastructure, and business teams to assess existing environments, shape migration strategies, and resolve technical challenges. This is an opportunity to apply your cloud engineering and automation expertise to modernize critical applications and platforms.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions on GCP.
• Lead migrations of complex applications from on premises environments to GCP.
• Assess application architectures, dependencies, and infrastructure to inform migration planning and execution.
• Automate cloud provisioning and deployments using Terraform and related tools.
• Apply cloud networking, security, governance, and compliance practices.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and business teams to troubleshoot migration and platform issues.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Six or more years of cloud engineering experience, including designing and operating cloud environments at scale.
• Strong hands on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience migrating complex applications from on premises environments to the cloud, preferably GCP.
• Advanced Terraform skills and familiarity with Ansible and Git.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Python automation, cloud networking, and security.
• Experience applying DevSecOps practices.
• Preferred: Experience with other cloud providers, such as AWS or Azure, and AI/ML platforms.

Employment Practices

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.

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