Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Valtech is hiring a Lead Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate secure Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. The role focuses on infrastructure automation, cloud networking, CI/CD, governance, reliability, and mentoring while collaborating with application, security, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage secure GCP infrastructure with Terraform, including reusable modules, remote state and environment promotion
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes, with code review, policy checks and automated validation
• Design and operate cloud networking: VPC architectures, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS and load balancing
• Set up hybrid connectivity with Cloud VPN or Cloud Interconnect and manage shared networking across projects
• Apply IAM least privilege, organization policies, service accounts and secrets management across projects
• Set up monitoring, logging and alerting with Google Cloud Operations Suite, Prometheus or Grafana
• Improve availability, performance and cost efficiency, and support incident response and root cause analysis
• Automate recurring operational tasks with Python or Bash
• Use AI assistants such as Gemini and Claude to develop and review infrastructure code, and to speed up documentation and troubleshooting
• Set infrastructure standards, review changes and mentor other engineers
• Work with application, security and delivery teams, and document designs and runbooks

Skills

• [7+ years] of experience
• A curious problem solver who challenges the status quo
• A collaborator who values teamwork and knowledge-sharing
• Excited by the intersection of technology, creativity and data
• [7+ years] in cloud or infrastructure engineering, including [3+ years] of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Expert-level infrastructure and networking skills within GCP, including VPC design, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, shared VPC, and VPN or Interconnect
• Hands-on experience with Terraform building and maintaining infrastructure as code
• Working knowledge of core GCP services such as Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage and IAM
• Experience with CI/CD tools and Python or Bash
• Experience designing landing zones, resource hierarchy and governance on GCP
• Experience with AI-native delivery, using AI assistants to develop code and automate infrastructure work, with familiarity with Gemini and Claude
• Experience guiding technical work or mentoring other engineers
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach with client teams
• Experienced in Agile methodologies and consulting (a plus)
• Google Cloud certification, such as Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Experience with data center to GCP migrations
• Experience operating Kubernetes (GKE)
• Experience with observability tools such as Cloud Operations Suite, Prometheus and Grafana

Benefits

• Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
• Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
• Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, plus employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

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