Lead DevOps Engineer - GCP

Location: Chicago, IL

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite/Week

Start Date: Immediate Availability Required

Background Check: Mandatory

About the Role: We're looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to spearhead the implementation of Google's Edge Platform across our enterprise infrastructure. This is a high-impact opportunity to architect and deploy resilient, scalable DevOps solutions in a mission-critical environment while guiding a growing team and influencing best practices organization-wide.

Kubernetes and Container Orchestration: Build highly reusable and modular Terraform modules for multi-environment infrastructure deployments. Develop secure and automated CI/CD pipelines using tools like Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Spinnaker. Design and enforce robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies using Workload Identity Federation, OIDC, and RBAC on GCP and GDCC.Integrate and manage GCP-native services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, Secret Manager, and Pub/Sub. Leverage Anthos and GKE Enterprise for managing Kubernetes workloads across distributed environments. Drive infrastructure observability and logging using Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Operations Suite. Collaborate with application, security, and DevOps teams to ensure compliance with cloud security and regulatory standards. Monitor and optimize cloud performance, cost, and scalability

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with GDCC (Google Distributed Cloud) and Google Edge. Strong understanding of Cloud IAM, RBAC, and Workload Identity Federation for secure authentication across services. Solid background in cloud security, including encryption, firewall policies, VPC design, and service accounts.