Principal Google Cloud Engineer - Cranberry, PA

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network • Cranberry Twp, PA

5d • Hybrid

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 is a targeted platform supporting specific project workloads and application teams. The role supports GCP compute, container, networking, data, and platform services, including resource provisioning, application deployment support, incident remediation, automation, and continuous improvement. The position reports to the Supervisor of Cloud Engineering and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. It is hybrid, and relocation is not provided.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science 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 supporting 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 Infrastructure as Code using 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 support, 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 in accordance with approved architecture and standards, including projects and folders, Cloud IAM, VPC networking, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
• Help maintain Google Cloud organization hygiene, enforce governance, and manage cloud resource lifecycles.
• Support Google Cloud 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 ensure 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, prescription coverage, and 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 comprehensive career programs.
• Global recognition and service programs.
• Employee referral program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal