Cloud Support Engineer (GCP)

Job Details:
Role: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) L3 Support Engineer
Location: Tennessee

Experience: 6-10 Years

Role Summary
Provide Level 3 support for Google Cloud Platform environments, ensuring platform stability, incident resolution, operational excellence, and technical guidance for cloud-native services. Act as an SME for complex production issues and support transition activities for managed cloud services. The role should also possess working knowledge of cloud-native security capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve complex GCP infrastructure and platform incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.
• Support transition, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness activities.
• Manage platform availability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with customer and delivery teams on escalations and service improvements.
• Support cloud-native security controls and vulnerability remediation coordination where applicable.

Required Technical Skills

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Compute Engine
• Kubernetes /GKE
• Cloud Networking and IAM
• Monitoring, Logging, and Incident Management
• Preferred Skills
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Cload Operations Suite (Stackdriver)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Scripting (Python/Bash)
• Understanding of cloud-native security solutions and security best practices

Certifications

• Google Professional Cloud Architect (Preferred)
• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (Preferred)

Key Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Customer-facing communication
• Production support and operations experience
• Documentation and knowledge management
• Ability to work in a managed services support environment

Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Application Question(s):

• Mention your current location and work authorization/visa status:

Experience:

• Google Cloud Platform: 8 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Nashville, TN 37204 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person