Lead DevOps Engineer (GCP – Google Cloud)

SUMMARY:

Lead DevOps Engineer (GCP – Google Cloud)

POSITION INFO:
Purpose of Role:
As the Lead SRE (GCP – Google Cloud), you will drive reliability and scalability across production environments by leading a high-performing SRE team and implementing robust monitoring, automation, and DevOps practices on Google Cloud Platform. You will ensure system uptime, efficiency, and performance while mentoring others and embedding a culture of engineering excellence.
 
Key Responsibilities & Outputs

• Lead and mentor a team of SRE engineers, promoting knowledge sharing and growth.
• Act as the technical authority on SRE practices for GCP, ensuring system reliability and uptime across environments.
• Oversee team workload distribution and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Champion and implement DevOps and SRE best practices with emphasis on automation and scalability.
• Drive monitoring and observability initiatives, leveraging tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Stackdriver.
• Design, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GCP-native tools and industry standards.
• Troubleshoot complex production incidents, ensuring root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent platform performance.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools such as Terraform or Deployment Manager.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies to continually evolve our clients’ tooling and architecture continually.
• Foster a proactive and blameless incident management culture.

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect) are highly advantageous.

• Minimum 3 years in a management/leadership capacity within SRE/DevOps teams.
• Strong experience working on GCP infrastructure and services.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration at scale.
• Familiarity with incident management, post-mortem processes, and production monitoring tools.
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• UNIX/Linux administration expertise.
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and cost optimisation on GCP.

• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Shell).
• Familiarity with configuration management (Chef, Puppet, or Ansible).
• Use of observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Stackdriver, etc.).
• Deep understanding of system performance and reliability engineering

• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• High level of professionalism and ownership.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage priorities in high-pressure environments.
• Passion for continuous improvement and driving engineering excellence.
• Innovative thinker willing to challenge the status quo.