Lead design and management of SDLC processes on GCP. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, develop IaC for reproducible environments, work with dev/ops/QA teams, monitor and optimize live services, and support reliability and deployment automation.
Key Responsibilities:
- SDLC Process Management: Design, implement, and manage software development lifecycle processes on GCP, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organizational goals.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab, or GitHub Actions to automate and streamline software releases.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain IaC scripts to provision and manage cloud resources, ensuring consistent and reproducible environments.
- Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and quality assurance teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software products.
- Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor live services, automate deployment processes, and support the full SDLC to ensure system reliability and performance.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in software development and DevOps, with a focus on cloud platforms, particularly GCP.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Ansible, or Bash.
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or comparable tools.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools and practices.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
- Understanding of cloud solution design patterns, including microservices and distributed caching.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 48,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 168,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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