Cloud Operator - GCP

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Posted on 01/09/2026

Raqmiyat is a UAE-based IT and digital transformation company specializing in consulting, staffing, and enterprise technology solutions. We empower banking, government, and enterprise clients across the Middle East to achieve their digital objectives.

• Operate, monitor, and support Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments to ensure high availability,performance, and security of cloud services.
• Manage day-to-day cloudoperations including provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of GCP resources.
• Support Apigee API Management operations, including API deployment, policy configuration,security enforcement, monitoring, and analytics reporting.
• Assist in the operational support of Vertex AI and Gen AI platforms
  , including model lifecycleactivities, environment support, governance controls, and integrationmonitoring.
• Monitor and support Big Queryintegrations
  , ensuring data pipelines, access controls, and performance are maintained.
• Perform incident management
  , root cause analysis, and problem resolution in line with ITILprocesses; participate in on-call and escalation support as required.
• Implement and maintain observabilityand monitoring solutions (logging, metrics, alerts, dashboards) to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Manage and support Kubernetesclusters and Linux-based systems, including patching, upgrades, capacity management, and security hardening.
• Execute routine operational tasks such as backups, recovery testing, system health checks, and environmentvalidation.
• Support Fin Ops and cost optimization initiatives by monitoring cloud spend, implementing taggingstandards, right-sizing resources, and generating cost reports.
• Create and maintainoperational documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and compliance reports to supportaudit and governance requirements.
• Collaborate with cloudengineers, security teams, and service delivery managers to support change management, releases, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to organizational security policies, compliance standards, and best practices across all cloud operations.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.

Key Requirements

• 6 to 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud operations.
• Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, especially Apigee (API management, Security Policies,Analytics), Vertex AI, Gen AI (Model lifecycle, governance), Big Query Integration .
• Hand-on experience with observabilityand monitoring, incident response, and routine cloud operations / maintenance.
• Hands-on experience in managing
  
  Kubernetes clusters and Linux operating system. Familiarity with basicscripting (e.g., Shell, Python) would be an advantage.
• Understanding Fin Ops practices and cost optimization techniques (right-sizing, tagging, cost governance) in GCP.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills; adherence to ITIL processes.