Cloud / Network Engineer III 4P/645

 Cloud / Network Engineer III (GCP-Focused)

 Location: REMOTE

On-Call Rotation Required

 Contract: 1 Year

Client- Southern Company Services.
 
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship Required

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Position Overview

We are seeking a Cloud / Network Engineer III (Cloud Infrastructure Analyst – GCP Focused) to design, implement, and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This role supports a multi-cloud environment and requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, architects, security teams, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions. The ideal candidate has hands-on enterprise GCP experience, strong networking expertise, and operational production support experience.

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Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Design and develop GCP-centric cloud architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Implement and maintain cloud solutions across GCP and other cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain cloud documentation including:
  • Architecture diagrams
  • Policies & procedures
  • Operational runbooks

Cloud Networking & Connectivity

• Design and support VPC networking, subnetting, routing, and firewall rules.
• Support hybrid connectivity across:
  • GCP
  • Other cloud providers
  • On-premises environments
• Work with multi-cloud connectivity solutions such as:
  • GCP Cloud Interconnect
  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • Oracle FastConnect

Security & Compliance

• Implement and manage GCP IAM, service accounts, and secure workload authentication.
• Identify and mitigate security risks.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support governance and cloud security controls.

Operations & Optimization

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and support production cloud platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Optimize infrastructure for:
  • Performance
  • Availability
  • Cost efficiency
• Automate infrastructure lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

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Required Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with:
  • GCP Projects
  • IAM
  • VPC networking
  • Compute & storage
  • Security configurations
• Strong understanding of:
  • IP addressing
  • Subnetting
  • Routing
  • Firewall rules
  • Hybrid cloud connectivity
• Experience supporting production cloud environments.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to regulatory/security requirements.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
  • Microsoft Azure (AKS, Databricks, Data Factory)
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Experience with enterprise firewall platforms (Palo Alto preferred).
• Experience with automation and IaC tools:
  • Terraform
  • ARM
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with observability tools:
  • Google Cloud Operations Suite
  • Azure Monitor
• Familiarity with regulatory environments:
  • NERC CIP
  • SOX
• Experience in utility or regulated industry environments.

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Education & Experience

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related technical field preferred.
• Equivalent experience and/or cloud certifications may substitute.
• 5–8 years of engineering and/or operational cloud infrastructure experience.