Senior GCP Cloud Platform Engineer

OnTrac is hiring a Senior GCP Cloud Platform Engineer to support the transition to a fully automated cloud infrastructure, standardize Terraform and Ansible modules, and ensure resilient, scalable, and secure cloud environments.

Location: United States

Salary: $105k–$140k

Responsibilities

• Support the cloud environment shift from manual-heavy operations to a fully automated infrastructure.
• Lead the effort to standardize Terraform and Ansible playbooks/modules.
• Ensure infrastructure is resilient, scalable, and built on secure guardrails.

Requirements

• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, Systems Engineering, or Platform Operations.
• Hands-on experience managing Google Cloud (GCP) environments, specifically Shared VPCs, IAM hierarchies, and Cloud SQL.
• Strong Linux administration skills; a “Linux-first” troubleshooter comfortable at the command line when deployments fail.
• Proven experience building and managing automated release flows in Azure DevOps (e.g., Pipelines/Releases/Boards).
• High proficiency with Terraform and Ansible, including organizing existing code into a professional, modular library.
• Strong understanding of the “why” and “how” behind containerization, including evaluating when workloads should move to a managed container platform vs. staying on VMs.
• Experience designing and managing auto-scaling compute environments and container orchestration to handle variable traffic without manual intervention.
• Ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance; HSA and FSA options.
• Life and Disability coverage (basic and voluntary).
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, Identity & Fraud Protection, Auto & Home, and Pet Insurance.
• Competitive benefits and 401(k) with company match.
• Referral Bonus Program - Up to $500 per referral!
• Paid Time Off including Holiday pay.
• Employee Assistance Program & a Safe and clean work environment.

Additional Information

• Originally posted on Himalayas