Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Engineer

Who we are...
Latitude is a growing Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) Company within the Federal Sector. We have experience in working with various federal clients across multiple different agencies. We believe in adopting and growing a remote work-from-home culture wherever possible to ensure a healthy work-to-life balance. We believe in automating the mundane and investing in our employees helping them grow their careers over time. We strive for innovation and want to develop solutions that we can take pride in and help break through some of the barriers that exist in technology and the government sectors today.

What you'll be doing...

• Support federal clients in Cloud Operations to Enhance, Optimize, and Maintain their Computing Capabilities across their Technical Landscape.

• Work with System Administrators when Supporting Application Teams.

• Work with Project Teams to Operate and Maintain (O&M) Applications hosted on GCP (including FedRAMP-authorized GCP GovCloud environments).

• Utilize Automation Tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Deployment Manager, or similar IaC tooling.

• Assist with Upgrading, Installing, and Configuring monitoring solutions (GCP Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Grafana, or similar) for Windows and Linux servers.

• Create and maintain gold images and automation scripts.

• Assist with reporting on current infrastructure status.

• Document each application's production operations processes via a Production Operations Manual (POM).
  

Must Have...

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or 10+ years equivalent technical experience.

• 6+ years setting up, configuring, and using GCP cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, and continued compliance with policies, standards, and guidelines.

• Experience with monitoring of OS/application-level metrics and related visualizations (GCP Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Grafana, or similar).

• 4+ years of experience in Bash shell, PowerShell, as well as Java or Python.

• Strong analytical skills with a logical mindset and problem-solving approach.

• Effective communication skills both orally and written with various audiences.

• Experience and proven ability to work remotely.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance or higher — required.

• US Citizenship required (federal contract requirement).
  

Nice to Have...

• Google Professional Cloud Architect certification.

• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.

• Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

• ITIL certification or ITIL knowledge.

• Department of Veterans Affairs experience.

• Public Trust or higher clearance.

Clearance...

• Applicants selected will be subject to a Security Investigation and May need to Meet Requirements for Access to Protected and/or Classified Information

Citizenship..

• Applicants need to be a US Citizen to be considered for the position and have physically resided in the United States for a minimum of 3 years due to background investigation requirements.

Employee Benefits...

• Medical, Vision, Dental

• Paid Vacation & Sick Time

• Paid Federal Holidays

• 401k Retirement Plan with 100% Company Matching

• Employer Paid Life Insurance

• Continued Education Assistance

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Commuter Benefits Program

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Caregiver Support Program

• Adoption Assistance Program