Principal Google Cloud Engineer - Cranberry, PA
About The Position
The Principal Google Cloud Engineer provides hands-on engineering, deployment, and operational support for Westinghouse’s Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. GCP supports selected project workloads and application teams. The role works across GCP compute, container, networking, data, and platform services, including resource provisioning, application deployment support, incident remediation, automation, and continuous improvement. The position is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, is hybrid, and reports to the Supervisor of Cloud Engineering. Relocation is not provided. Participation in an on-call rotation supports a 24/7 global enterprise.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or related experience.
- At least 5 years of enterprise systems administration or cloud engineering experience.
- At least 2 years of hands-on Google Cloud Platform engineering experience.
- Proficiency administering and operating GCP services that support applications and projects.
- Hands-on experience deploying and supporting applications on GCP compute and container services, including Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Run.
- Experience with Terraform and GCP networking, including VPCs, firewall rules, and load balancing.
- Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/GKE.
- Understanding of Google Cloud governance concepts, including projects, folders, IAM, organization policies, and cost management.
- Proficiency with the gcloud CLI and Python and Bash scripting to automate operational and support tasks.
Responsibilities
- Partner with application and project teams to deploy, configure, and operate workloads on GCP, providing standardized deployment patterns and self-service tooling.
- Provide engineering-level support for GCP-hosted applications, including deployment assistance, environment configuration, and production issue resolution.
- Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), including cluster configuration, scaling, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Create, configure, and manage GCP resources for project and application workloads according to approved architecture and standards, including projects and folders, Cloud IAM, VPC networking, compute and platform services, and managed data and storage services.
- Support Google Cloud organization hygiene, governance enforcement, and cloud resource lifecycle management.
- Support GCP cost management through usage analysis, labeling adherence, budget alerts, and billing review.
- Troubleshoot GCP issues and partner with architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to resolve them.
- Use automation and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, gcloud CLI, Cloud SDK, and Python, to improve operational efficiency across GCP environments.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Google Cloud's operations suite to support platform and application health.
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24/7 global enterprise.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits, which may include medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, as well as a Health Savings Account with employer contribution options.
- Wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program for employees and household members.
- 401(k) with company match contributions.
- Paid vacations and company holidays.
- Opportunities for flexible work arrangements.
- Educational reimbursement and career programs.
- Global recognition and service programs.
- Employee referral program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
