Senior Cloud Engineer (GCP) - Hybrid (PA/NJ/DE) (Information Technology)

Independence Blue Cross is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer who is passionate about building and managing solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will play a key role in migrating and transforming legacy solutions to the cloud. Bring your drive for excellence, teamwork, and customer commitment and join us as we renew and reimagine the future of health care.

We are looking for dynamic individuals who love to learn, thrive on innovation, and are open to exploring new ways to achieve our goals. You will be a part of a high-performing team of engineers who are modernizing the way we leverage our cloud workloads.

Relevant Technologies:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Terraform, CI/CD, AI/ML, IAM, Big Query & Composer

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and administer GCP architecture and environments, including cloud-native applications and automation.
• Optimize GCP costs, create cloud architecture diagrams, and extend IBC on-prem policy and standards to cloud deployments.
• Implement solutions addressing cybersecurity issues, perform compliance validation and audits, and improve monitoring, configuration management, and reporting.
• Provide technical expertise in cloud technologies, support requests and troubleshooting issues involving other teams, partners, and vendors.
• Manage the implementation of IaC (Terraform) and DevOps procedures, including design and implementation of Terraform pipelines and scanning.
• Collaborate with the application development team to understand cloud infrastructure requirements and ensure high availability, performance, security, and maintainability of services.

 

Qualifications:

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Professional Experience: At least five (5) years of experience in GCP and ten years of experience with infrastructure as code and cloud orchestration, including hands-on experience with Terraform and reusable module creation.
• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in GCP services, Cloud Build, Cloud logging, Artifact Registry, and Google Cloud deployment.
• Specialized Skills: Experience with Google BigQuery, Composer, GKE, Cloud SQL, AI/ML models, IAM solutions, and scripting languages.
• CI/CD: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines in a globally distributed environment using Git, Artifactory, CI, and registry tools.
• Operational Knowledge: Solid understanding of cloud operations and engineering, including expertise in IAM, logging, encryption, security protocols, disaster recovery site design, automated infrastructure capabilities like backups and monitoring, and high availability strategies.
• Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and collaborative work experience.

Preferred Certifications:

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• GCP Associate or Professional certification

Hybrid

Independence has implemented a “Hybrid” model which consists of Associates working in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) and remotely 2 days a week (Monday & Friday). This role is designated as a role that fits into the “Hybrid” model. While associates may work remotely on our designated remote days, the work must be performed in the Tri-State Area of Delaware, New Jersey or Pennsylvania.

 

 

IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.

 

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