Cloud DevOps Engineer IRC297237

Our client is a well-established European retail company with a strong international presence and millions of customers across multiple markets. The business combines traditional retail with a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem, offering an opportunity to work on large-scale platforms, customer-facing products, and data-driven solutions that directly impact everyday consumer experiences

We are looking for an experienced Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our product team. In this role, you will have complete end-to-end ownership of the application infrastructure: from building and scaling to day-to-day operational support, leveraging a centralized GCP platform.

As part of the GlobalLogic team, you will grow, be challenged, and expand your skill set, working alongside highly experienced and talented people.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity for you, send over your CV!

Requirements

• Experience: 3–5+ years of proven commercial experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineering environment.
• GCP Expertise: In-depth technical knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem (specifically GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, VPC, DNS, Load Balancing, Secret Manager).
• Terraform: Hands-on experience in production-grade environments (modular repositories, multi-environment setups, Plan/Apply within automated CI/CD workflows).
• Kubernetes: Solid understanding of K8s fundamentals (Networking, Ingress, RBAC, Operators, Storage).
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting capabilities in Shell/Bash.
• Networking Knowledge: Foundational understanding of enterprise network protocols and topologies.
• Observability: Familiarity with modern enterprise monitoring and logging stacks (e.g., Datadog, GCP Monitoring/Logging).
• English: Fluent English communication skills for daily interaction.
• Availability: Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation.

Nice to Have:

• Programming experience in Golang.
• Professional proficiency in German.

Job responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Build, operate, and maintain scalable infrastructure on GCP using Terraform (leveraging centrally managed modules and automated pipelines).
• CI/CD Management: Establish, configure, and optimize robust application deployment pipelines within GitLab CI/CD.
• Kubernetes Orchestration: Manage core K8s resources (Deployments, RBAC, Networking, Policies, Upgrades) and oversee releases using Helm.
• Security & Integration: Enforce a secure-by-default approach across all layers (IAM, Secrets, Networking, TLS). Seamlessly integrate and utilize core platform services (Logging, Secrets Management, VPC, DNS).
• Day-to-Day Operations: Provide operational support, including incident response, proactive infrastructure maintenance, and analyzing performance bottlenecks.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the centralized Platform Engineering team to align on governance policies and shared Terraform modules.