Senior GCP Platform Engineer
Build and evolve a GCP platform with Kubernetes, Terraform and GitOps in a complex enterprise data environment.
About the Company
At Avaron, you get the security of permanent employment combined with the variety of working at different customers. We place specialists across everything from tech, IT and industry to project management and business support – and whatever the assignment, you have a consultant manager who is there for you and your development.
About the Role
You will help strengthen a cloud platform capability used by Data & Analytics teams in a complex enterprise environment. The role combines hands-on platform engineering with long-term design, automation, security, reliability and developer enablement. You will work closely with platform engineers, data engineers, architects and security stakeholders to evolve a GCP-based platform that supports scalable, secure and reusable ways of working.
You will contribute to both platform foundations and day-to-day engineering, with a clear focus on improving self-service, standardization and operational quality for multiple teams. It is a great opportunity if you enjoy combining deep technical work with real influence over how a modern cloud platform develops over time.
Job Description
- You will design, build and improve platform capabilities on Google Cloud Platform.
- You will work hands-on with GKE, Kubernetes and container-based workloads.
- You will develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code, primarily using Terraform.
- You will contribute to CI/CD and GitOps-based delivery patterns.
- You will work with GCP networking, IAM, security and access management.
- You will develop reusable platform components and improve self-service for engineering teams.
- You will strengthen monitoring, logging, observability and operational reliability in the platform.
- You will support engineering teams as they onboard workloads onto the platform.
- You will collaborate with architects, security stakeholders and engineering teams to ensure scalable and secure platform solutions.
- You will contribute to technical standards, patterns and long-term platform improvements.
Requirements
- Senior-level professional experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering or DevOps.
- Several years of hands-on production experience with Google Cloud Platform.
- Strong practical experience with GKE and Kubernetes.
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience designing or developing cloud platform foundations and landing-zone capabilities.
- Experience with IAM, workload identity, networking and cloud security.
- Strong experience with CI/CD and automated software and infrastructure delivery.
- Experience with monitoring, logging and observability in cloud environments.
- Experience supporting multiple development or engineering teams through shared platform capabilities.
- You are comfortable working independently and taking technical ownership in a complex enterprise environment.
- Fluent English, spoken and written.
Nice to have
- Experience with GCP data services, for example BigQuery, Dataflow and Pub/Sub.
- Experience with Apache Beam.
- Experience with data ingestion and streaming platforms.
- Experience with GitOps and Helm.
- Experience with Backstage or Internal Developer Platforms.
- Experience with Python and Bash.
- Experience from multi-cloud environments involving GCP together with Azure and/or AWS.
- Experience from regulated or security-sensitive enterprise environments.
- Good Swedish, spoken and written.
What We Offer
- Permanent employment at Avaron AB
- Occupational pension
- Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year
Application
Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.
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Om Avaron AB
Avaron hyr ut konsulter till företag och offentlig sektor i hela Sverige – inom IT, ekonomi, marknad, teknik och forskning. Grundat 2018 av en mjukvaruingenjör som tröttnade på bemanningsföretag som inte förstod rollerna de rekryterade till.