Gcp Devops Lead

Description:

GCP DevOps Lead
Location: New York, NY, USA
Client: New York Life Insurance
Experience: 10–15 Years
Primary Skill: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

🔹 Key Responsibilities:
Lead enterprise cloud architecture, implementation, and modernization initiatives on GCP.
Design, deploy, and manage GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.
Develop and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
Drive MLOps and Agentic AI implementations using Vertex AI.
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability using GCP Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and New Relic.
Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Establish cloud engineering standards, best practices, and governance.
Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.
Support hybrid and multi-cloud integration across GCP and AWS.
Drive SRE practices, disaster recovery, and operational excellence.

🔹 Required Skills:
10–15 years of overall IT / Infrastructure / DevOps experience.
4+ years of hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience.
Strong expertise in GCP architecture, networking, and core cloud services.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GKE, Docker, and Terraform.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.
Experience with cloud security, IAM, identity management, and compliance.
Knowledge of MLOps, Vertex AI, and Agentic AI tools.
Experience with observability, monitoring, and SRE practices.
Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management skills.

🔹 Preferred Qualifications:
Google Cloud Professional certifications.
Experience in insurance, banking, financial services, or other regulated industries.
Experience with enterprise cloud transformation and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.