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Cloud Platform Engineer

Brooksource

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Remote

Job description

GCP Cloud Platform Engineer

Fortune 50 Healthcare

Brooksource
Clearance: Clearance: Public Trust eligibility; SF-86 (e-QIP) required

Overview

We are seeking a GCP Cloud Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering (DPE) team within a Fortune 50 healthcare organization. The DPE team is responsible for driving cloud infrastructure innovation by delivering automated, scalable, and secure platform solutions.

This engineer will work cross-functionally with IT and engineering teams to onboard and enable infrastructure that supports various data workloads. The ideal candidate will have strong experience across GCP services, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern data tooling such as Databricks, Snowflake, and BigQuery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain GCP infrastructure to support data platform workloads.
  • Collaborate with internal engineering and infrastructure teams to onboard new projects and ensure proper governance, security, and compliance controls are in place.
  • Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Terraform and Jenkins.
  • Manage and optimize BigQuery environments to ensure efficient performance and cost control.
  • Support both relational and non-relational database technologies for data integration and storage.
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders to support a sensitive military data initiative, which involves modernizing legacy telephony data systems within GCP.
  • Ensure adherence to organizational security standards and compliance with healthcare and federal data regulations.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Cloud or Platform Engineer, with at least 3+ years in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Strong proficiency in BigQuery.
  • Experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake in cloud data environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and Jenkins for automation and CI/CD.
  • Strong understanding of relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational (e.g., MongoDB, Bigtable) database systems.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Working knowledge of IAM, networking, and security principles in GCP.
  • Must be eligible to complete an e-QIP / SF-86 background investigation (required due to work with sensitive data).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting large-scale or regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, government).
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud-based telephony or contact center modernization initiatives.
  • GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud Engineer certification.

Brooksource provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote