GCP DevOps Manager – Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

DevOps Manager – Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Role Summary

We are looking for a DevOps Manager to own the reliability, observability, and cost

efficiency of our applications on Google Cloud Platform. The role covers end-to-end

responsibility for application usage monitoring, cloud cost management (FinOps), CI/CD

pipeline setup and governance, centralized logging, and billing oversight. You will lead a

team of DevOps/Cloud engineers and work closely with application development, security,

and infrastructure teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Application & Usage Monitoring

• Design and implement monitoring for application health, performance, and usage using

Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus/Grafana, or equivalent tools.

• Define and track SLIs/SLOs, uptime, latency, error rates, and capacity utilization across

environments.

• Build dashboards for application usage trends (API call volumes, transaction

throughput, active users) for engineering and business stakeholders.

• Set up proactive alerting (Cloud Monitoring alerts, PagerDuty/Opsgenie integration) and

drive reduction of alert noise.

• Conduct capacity planning and performance reviews based on usage data.

2. Cloud Cost Management & FinOps

• Own GCP cost visibility: set up cost dashboards by project, service, environment, and

team using GCP Billing reports, BigQuery billing export, and Looker Studio.

• Implement labeling/tagging standards for accurate cost attribution and

chargeback/showback.

• Identify and drive cost-optimization initiatives: rightsizing VMs/GKE nodes, committed

use discounts (CUDs), spot/preemptible instances, storage lifecycle policies, and idleresource

cleanup.

• Set up budgets, alerts, and quotas to prevent cost overruns; publish monthly cost

review reports with variance analysis.

• Forecast cloud spend and support annual budgeting for cloud infrastructure.

3. CI/CD Setup & Governance

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, GitLab

CI, or Jenkins, deploying to GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, or Compute Engine.

• Standardize build, test, security-scan, and deployment stages across teams

(SAST/DAST, container image scanning, artifact management via Artifact Registry).

• Implement deployment strategies: blue-green, canary, and rollback automation.
• Enforce Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) with code review and drift

detection.

• Manage environment promotion workflows (Dev → QA → UAT → Prod) with appropriate

approvals and audit trails.

4. Logging & Observability Setup

• Architect centralized logging using Cloud Logging with log sinks, routing, retention

policies, and export to BigQuery/Cloud Storage for long-term analysis.

• Define structured logging standards for application teams and ensure adoption.
• Set up log-based metrics and alerts for security and operational events.
• Ensure log retention and access controls meet compliance and audit requirements.
• Integrate logs with SIEM tooling where required.

5. Billing Administration

• Administer GCP billing accounts, projects, and IAM around billing (Billing Admin/Viewer

roles).

• Reconcile monthly GCP invoices against usage; coordinate with Finance on accruals and

payments.

• Manage billing account hierarchy, project-to-billing mapping, and sub-account

structures for multiple business units.

• Liaise with Google/partner account teams on pricing, credits, CUD purchases, and

support plans.

6. Team Leadership & Governance

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps/Cloud engineers; manage on-call rotations

and incident response processes.

• Define runbooks, SOPs, and DR/backup procedures; drive post-incident reviews (RCA)

with corrective actions.

• Partner with Security/InfoSec on IAM hygiene, VPC/network controls, and audit

readiness.

• Report DevOps KPIs (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate, cost

per transaction) to leadership.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 4+ years of hands-on GCP experience: GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Build,

Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, IAM, VPC, and BigQuery (billing export/analysis).

• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub

Actions) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/GKE).

• Proven track record in cloud cost optimization / FinOps practices on GCP.
• Infrastructure as Code expertise — Terraform strongly preferred.
• Scripting proficiency: Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience setting up centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting at scale.
• Experience managing GCP billing accounts and working with Finance teams.
• 2+ years leading or mentoring a DevOps/SRE team.

Preferred / Good to Have

• GCP certifications: Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, or

FinOps Certified Practitioner.

• Experience in regulated environments (BFSI/GovTech) with audit, compliance, and

data-residency requirements.

• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid setups.
• Familiarity with service mesh (Istio/Anthos Service Mesh), secrets management (Secret

Manager/Vault), and policy-as-code (OPA).

• Experience with SIEM integration and security monitoring.

Key Performance Indicators (First 12 Months)

• 99.9%+ availability against defined SLOs for critical applications.
• 15–20% reduction in GCP spend through optimization initiatives (baseline-dependent).
• CI/CD pipelines standardized across all active product teams with < 1 day lead time for

changes.

• Centralized logging live for all production workloads with compliant retention.
• Monthly cost and usage reporting operational with < 5% unexplained invoice variance.

Pay: ₹1,500,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person