Senior Google Cloud Solutions Engineer

Description

Tyto Athene is hiring a Senior Google Cloud Solutions Engineer to design and implement secure, scalable cloud solutions. This is both a customer-facing consulting and hands‑on engineering role focused on automation, security architecture, and regulatory compliance. You will work hands‑on with VPC, Private Service Connect, Google Security Center, and other GCP infrastructure and security services, applying expertise in Terraform, container security, and data encryption.

Extensive hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in designing, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-native systems is required. Familiarity with third‑party tools such as Palo Alto Networks and Tenable is a plus.

• Collaborate directly with customers to understand business and technical requirements, and design tailored cloud solutions that align with their objectives.
• Architect and implement secure, scalable Google Cloud solutions for federal‑facing clients across multiple industries.
• Develop and deploy Google Cloud hosting environments using Assured Workloads, ensuring compliance with federal and regulatory requirements.
• Troubleshoot application deployments, replicate customer issues, and build proof‑of‑concept solutions.
• Write and interpret configuration scripts to automate deployments, configure logging, and manage environment settings.
• Apply advanced troubleshooting and problem‑solving techniques to deliver tailored solutions for diverse customer use cases.
• Mentor and train team members, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing across projects.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging cloud technologies, security practices, and automation tools to improve infrastructure solutions.

Required:

• US Citizenship is required due to work with government‑facing clients and associated regulatory requirements.
• 5+ years of Cloud Architecture experience, including 3+ years in Google Cloud environments
  .
• 3+ years of Kubernetes/GKE experience
  , designing and implementing containerized solutions with advanced security, segmentation, and image vulnerability scanning.
• Deep expertise in Terraform
  , including writing infrastructure as code (IaC) from scratch, maintaining existing configurations, and optimizing modular, scalable deployments.
• Skilled in designing, writing, and maintaining Helm charts for GKE, enabling scalable, reliable, and production‑ready containerized deployments.
• Experience managing full application stacks in Google Cloud, from OS and networking to containerized or cloud‑native applications, ensuring deployment, performance, and security.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Assured Workloads, networking, and security services
  , with hands‑on experience implementing federal security controls such as DISA STIGs, FIPS‑compliant encryption, and FedRAMP/NIST 800‑53 standards
  .
• Skilled in managing and troubleshooting GKE workloads and related infrastructure
  , including Cloud Armor, Chronicle, and Google Managed Keys for Encryption
  , cluster autoscaling, rolling node patching, and backup/recovery solutions.
• Advanced experience scripting in Bash, Python, or Node.js to automate deployments, build tools, and integrate with Google Cloud services and APIs.
• Strong understanding of IP networking and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS), with hands‑on experience implementing and troubleshooting VPCs, firewall rules, load balancing, and secure service communications
  .

Preferred:

• Google Cloud Professional or Associate certifications are highly desirable
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation in Google Cloud using tools such as Ansible, Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, or Jenkins
  .
• Experience administering Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat) and/or Windows Server
  , including Active Directory and integrating legacy systems with Google Cloud.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes (GKE preferred) or similar orchestration tools such as Open Shift or Rancher
  .
• Skilled in designing, deploying, and managing infrastructure in Google Cloud, including networking, VPNs, virtualization, and security services, ensuring scalable, secure, and…