[Remote] Cloud DevOps Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Virtana is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and operate the GCP infrastructure that runs its platform. The role owns infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes operations, and observability for SaaS environments, working with engineering, QA, and security to deliver reliable, secure, and cost-efficient releases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain GCP infrastructure (GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud Load Balancing) using Terraform as the standard for infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules, manage remote state, and enforce code review, testing, and drift detection for all infrastructure changes
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and release automation across product engineering teams
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting (Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus, Grafana) to ensure the availability and performance of production environments
• Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident response and root cause analysis, and drive remediation to prevent recurrence
• Apply security best practices across the cloud environment, including least-privilege IAM, secrets management, network policies, and vulnerability remediation, in support of SOC 2 compliance
• Track and optimize cloud spend through rightsizing, committed-use planning, and resource hygiene
• Automate repetitive operational tasks with scripting (Python, Bash, or Go) and configuration management tools
• Partner with development and QA teams to define release pipelines, environments, and test frameworks
• Document architecture, runbooks, and standard operating procedures

Skills

• At least 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
• Terraform: Strong, hands-on experience writing and maintaining production Terraform, including modules, remote state, workspaces, and CI-driven plan/apply workflows
• Google Cloud Platform: Hands-on experience designing and operating production workloads on GCP, including GKE, IAM, VPC networking, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Storage
• Solid experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes), including Helm
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Deep knowledge of Git and branching/release workflows
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or Go)
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, TCP/IP, firewalls, VPN)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certification
• Experience with AWS or Azure in a multi-cloud or hybrid environment
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or similar)
• Experience with policy as code and security scanning (OPA, Checkov, tfsec, Trivy)
• Familiarity with SOC 2 or similar compliance frameworks
• Experience supporting SaaS observability or monitoring products

Benefits

• USA – Remote
• Opportunity to shape the cloud platform that powers our SaaS products
• Work in an innovative, collaborative, and flexible environment
• Equity opportunities

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