Google Cloud DevOps Engineer – Temporary Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Develop and set up Kubernetes workloads, including GKE clusters and/or Helm chart deployments.

• Configure Google Cloud project environments utilizing an existing Terraform baseline along with custom modules.

• Establish and uphold CI/CD pipelines and environment promotion workflows on Cloud Build.

• Deploy and manage Cloud Composer environments for orchestrating data engineering tasks.

• Provide support for Cloud Run deployments.

• Set up and maintain Google Cloud-native monitoring, alerting, and logging systems.

• Create, maintain, and support deployment packages throughout the system acceptance process.

• Adhere to disciplined Git practices in infrastructure and deployment tasks.

• Diagnose issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Work collaboratively with platform and engineering teams to ensure infrastructure aligns with architectural and delivery standards.

• Operate within specified Dev/QA environment access boundaries.

• Contribute to technical documentation, participate in code reviews, and manage ticket-based delivery processes.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Over 5 years of professional experience with Terraform on the Google Cloud Platform.

• Proficient in building and maintaining infrastructure from existing in-house Terraform modules, as well as developing new modules from scratch.

• Practical experience with Kubernetes, including GKE cluster setup/management and Helm chart packaging and deployment.

• Hands-on expertise with Cloud Run, microservice architecture, and containerized workflows.

• Familiarity with deploying and maintaining Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Cloud Composer).

• Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines and environment promotion workflows utilizing Cloud Build and Artifact Registry.

• Knowledge of Google Cloud-native monitoring, alerting, and logging using Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging.

• Strong understanding of Git fundamentals, including branching strategies, pull requests, and structured commit practices.

• Experience in guiding development teams regarding branching and merge requirements.

• Background in documented designs, code reviews, and ticket-based delivery processes.

• Experience in security-conscious, regulated, or government environments, or similar compliance-driven delivery processes.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or similar.

• Excellent communication skills in English.

• Proficient in conversational English.

• Availability for at least 4 hours of daily overlap with U.S. Eastern business hours.

• Capability to work within defined Dev/QA access boundaries and adhere to applicable security and operational requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Option for remote work.

• Full-time temporary contract employment.

• Opportunity to engage in large-scale, public-sector operational platforms.

• Collaboration with teams in platform engineering, design, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence.

• Investment in modern working methods and AI-native transformation.

• Opportunities for learning and ownership.

• A high-performance culture focused on Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication.