Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

Senior GCP Cloud Engineer Location: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time Experience: 10+ Years in GCP (5+ years overall cloud/platform engineering preferred) About Quilo Quilo is a New York-based FinTech company that builds lending and investment technology platforms for Community Financial Institutions (CFIs), including community banks and credit unions across the United States. Learn more: https://www.quilo.io Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to lead and execute our cloud migration from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while owning the ongoing management, security, automation, and scalability of the platform. This role is ideal for someone who has independently built and managed GCP environments and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment with end-to-end ownership. Key Responsibilities Lead Azure-to-GCP migration across Development, SIT, and Production environments. Design and manage GCP organization structure, projects, IAM, networking, and security controls. Provision, manage, and optimize GKE clusters. Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Migrate Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions. Manage HashiCorp Vault, Secret Manager, and Cloud KMS integrations. Support MongoDB Atlas migration and GCP networking integration. Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting frameworks. Manage CI/CD, deployment automation, and GitOps workflows. Drive cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization initiatives. Create and maintain architecture documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures. Act as primary cloud infrastructure owner and incident response lead. Required Technical Skills Google Cloud Platform GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) VPC, Shared VPC, Cloud NAT, Cloud Router Cloud IAM Cloud DNS Cloud Storage (GCS) Artifact Registry Cloud KMS Secret Manager Cloud CDN Cloud Armor Certificate Manager Cloud Logging & Monitoring Compute Engine Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) Infrastructure as Code Terraform (Mandatory) Modular Terraform development State management and migration Kubernetes & GitOps Kubernetes Administration Helm ArgoCD Istio Service Mesh Cert-Manager RBAC, Network Policies, HPA CI/CD & Automation GitHub Actions OIDC Authentication Workload Identity Federation Deployment approval workflows Security & Secrets Management HashiCorp Vault Secret Manager Cloud KMS Security best practices and compliance controls Monitoring & Observability Prometheus Grafana Loki Cloud Monitoring Cloud Logging Databases & Networking MongoDB Atlas VPC Peering HA VPN / Cloud VPN SSL/TLS Management Network Segmentation Nice to Have Azure administration experience Azure-to-GCP migration projects AWS exposure Python scripting Ansible Java / Spring Boot familiarity FinTech / Banking domain experience PCI-DSS awareness GCP Professional Certifications Education Bachelor's Degree in: Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology Related Technical Discipline What We Are Looking For Strong ownership mindset Ability to independently manage cloud infrastructure Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills Experience working in startup or lean engineering teams Strong communication and documentation skills Interview Process Round 1 Technical Screening (45 Minutes) Assessment of: GCP Fundamentals IAM Networking GKE Terraform Previous project experience Round 2 Technical Deep Dive (45 Minutes) Assessment of: Kubernetes Operations CI/CD Security Monitoring Cloud Migration Experience Round 3 System Design Assignment (Take-Home) 24-hour submission window Architecture document with design diagrams and technical decisions Round 4 Hands-On Technical Exercise (Take-Home) 48-hour submission window Infrastructure implementation in a provided GCP environment GitHub repository submission required Round 5 Final Discussion (60 Minutes) Review of design and implementation exercises Technical decision-making Ownership and cultural fit assessment Senior GCP Cloud Engineer Location: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time Experience: 10+ Years in GCP (5+ years overall cloud/platform engineering preferred) About Quilo Quilo is a New York-based FinTech company that builds lending and investment technology platforms for Community Financial Institutions (CFIs), including community banks and credit unions across the United States. Learn more: https://www.quilo.io Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Senior GCP Cloud Engineer to lead and execute our cloud migration from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while owning the ongoing management, security, automation, and scalability of the platform. This role is ideal for someone who has independently built and managed GCP environments and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment with end-to-end ownership. Key Responsibilities Lead Azure-to-GCP migration across Development, SIT, and Production environments. Design and manage GCP organization structure, projects, IA