Senior GCP DevOps Engineer (onsite)

About You

You are a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep hands-on experience building secure, cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and delivering infrastructure entirely through Terraform and GitLab CI/CD. You combine platform engineering, cloud security leadership, and multi-cloud connectivity across AWS, GCP, and legacy systems to turn infrastructure into a self-service product for development teams.

You thrive in environments where immutability, automation, and continuous improvement are highly valued. You are a hands-on technical leader who enjoys mentoring others and transferring knowledge, helping the team reach zero manual deployments and 100% of its infrastructure as code.

• Note: This position is offered under a 3-month assignment (with the possibility of extension) and follows a hybrid model , with 3 to 4 days per week on-site and 1 to 2 days remote, Monday through Friday.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud environments.

• Advanced expertise designing complex, reusable Terraform modules and enforcing an immutable, everything-as-code infrastructure strategy.

• Advanced experience building multi-environment GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including deployment orchestration and pipeline security.

• Advanced knowledge of GCP cloud-native architecture as the primary platform.

• Hands-on experience with AWS and hybrid connectivity across multi-cloud environments and legacy systems.

• Advanced experience implementing Binary Authorization and network policies to secure cloud ecosystems.

• Advanced experience developing Kubernetes operators and controllers to automate complex operational tasks.

• Working knowledge of FinOps practices, including quotas and cost alerts for cloud billing control.

• Proven technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer skills.

• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Working knowledge of English is required; Spanish will be the primary language of communication within the project.

• HashiCorp Terraform Professional, GitLab Certified CI/CD, and Google Professional Cloud Architect certifications are desired.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities

• Define Golden Paths that enable self-service deployments for development teams.

• Guarantee infrastructure immutability, ensuring no production changes happen outside of Terraform.

• Build and evolve CI/CD workflows that move the team toward zero manual deployments.

• Lead the security of the cloud ecosystem by integrating security controls into the delivery workflow.

• Implement Binary Authorization and network policies to protect the cloud ecosystem.

• Design secure multi-cloud and hybrid connectivity between AWS, GCP, and legacy systems.

• Apply proactive FinOps practices through quotas and cost alerts.

• Develop Kubernetes operators and controllers that automate complex tasks.

• Transfer knowledge to the team through pair programming sessions.

• Advanced experience with Terraform (complex reusable modules) and multi-environment GitLab CI/CD .

• Advanced experience with GCP cloud-native architecture , plus AWS and hybrid connectivity .

• Advanced experience with Binary Authorization, network policies, and Kubernetes operators and controllers .

• Working knowledge of FinOps practices.