Google Cloud Engineer Location: Anywhere in United States, remote ... We are looking for Google Cloud Engineer for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client managers. Roles and Responsibilities: Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure GCP-based solutions to meet clients' business requirements. Advising clients on the best practices and optimal use of GCP services and features Building and maintaining GCP infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, and networking components Automating deployment and management of GCP resources using tools like Terraform and Ansible Monitoring and troubleshooting GCP infrastructure, applications, and services. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement end-to-end solutions that leverage GCP services. Staying up to date with GCP offerings and new features, and recommending improvements to existing solutions Ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements Developing and maintaining documentation related to GCP architecture, configurations, and processes. Knowledge and experience in Google Cloud Platform involving compute, storage, network, and database solutions. Strong analytical skills in understanding the business and technical requirement and propose appropriate GCP solution to meet those requirements. Experience in creating technical design and architecture documents, work with review board for design and solution approval for implementation. Strong knowledge, design, and implementation experience in Google Kubernetes Engine to host containerized workloads at scale and with high availability for production apps. Experience in GKE cluster sizing, network configurations and security controls for resilient and secure container runtime environment Ability to create and customize Kubernetes manifests for creating deployments, services, and ingress objects. Experience in Microservices deployments using Istio or any other service mesh. Knowledge and experience in designing CICD pipelines using GCP DevOps solutions and 3rd party tools viz. Jenkins, bitbucket, GitHub, Travis CI etc., Knowledge in Cloud Operations suite, and hands on experience in implementing Cloud Monitoring, Logging to ensure site reliability and performance of hosted applications. Experience in implementing Cloud IAM with principle of least privilege, security hardening of cloud infrastructure in line with CIS, NIST standards. Expectations and Qualifications: Build, and maintain highly available and scalable GCP infrastructure solutions. Develop and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible Participate in the design and implementation of GCP migration projects. Analyze infrastructure blockers and provide effective solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery. Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents in a timely manner. Identify opportunities to optimize infrastructure. Stay up-to-date with the latest GCP services, features, and best practices Minimum of 5 years of experience in GCP infrastructure engineering Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible Experience with GCP migration projects Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleCI Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong collaboration and teamwork skills Preferred Certification: Google Cloud certification such as Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary for this position is between $[125,000 ?150,000] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant? discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant? applicable plans. Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off 401(k) plan and contributions Long-term/Short-term Disability Paid Parental Leave Employee Stock Purchase Plan Employee Status : Full Time Employee Shift : Day Job Travel : No Job Posting : Jan 04 2024 About Cognizant Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @USJobsCognizant. Applicants may be required to attend interviews in pers