Sr GCP Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
OnTrac is hiring a Senior GCP Cloud Platform Engineer! Are you eager to join a dynamic and expanding company where you can both learn and make a meaningful impact? If you possess a strong sense of empathy, enjoy assisting others, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and excel at problem-solving, we encourage you to apply today to connect with a recruiter! Founded in 1986, OnTrac has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services in the U.S. for premier e-commerce and product-supply businesses, including five of the largest retailers in the U.S. This position may be performed remotely in states where the company is authorized to employ individuals.
Requirements
- 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, Systems Engineering, or Platform Operations
- Hands-on experience managing Google Cloud (GCP) environments, specifically Shared VPCs, IAM hierarchies, and Cloud SQL
- Strong Linux administration skills; a “Linux-first” troubleshooter comfortable at the command line when deployments fail
- Proven experience building and managing automated release flows in Azure DevOps (e.g., Pipelines/Releases/Boards)
- High proficiency with Terraform and Ansible, including organizing existing code into a professional, modular library
- Strong understanding of the “why” and “how” behind containerization, including evaluating when workloads should move to a managed container platform vs. staying on VMs
- Experience designing and managing auto-scaling compute environments and container orchestration to handle variable traffic without manual intervention
- Ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments
Responsibilities
- Lead the transition from manual infrastructure management to a fully automated CI/CD lifecycle in Azure DevOps, bridging the current state to push-button deployments.
- Own the Terraform and Ansible ecosystem to ensure changes are made through code, reducing manual tweaks and eliminating configuration drift.
- Act as the senior voice with the engineering team to establish standards, share best practices, and guide decisions on adopting new tools.
- Help architect the next phase of infrastructure by moving services into modern, elastic environments that support high availability and self-healing.
- Lead container strategy by selecting workloads ready for orchestration, setting image standards, and ensuring consistent deployment patterns.
- Define critical system health metrics with the team and participate in the on-call rotation to keep 24/7 delivery services operational and resilient.
- You lead the shift from manual work to automation by creating clear standards and driving consistent adoption across teams.
- You partner effectively with developers to unblock deployments, using strong troubleshooting judgment and a calm, systematic approach.
- You have the ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments.
- You balance modernization decisions pragmatically, helping teams choose between containers and VMs based on what each workload needs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and short- and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Flex vacation in states other than CA, CO, IL, MA, MT, and NE, with accruals up to 96 hours for first year of employment with tenure-based increases up to 160 hours
- Two (2) floating holidays per year
- Paid sick leave
- Six (6) paid company holidays
- Two (2) weeks paid pregnancy disability leave, four (4) weeks paid parental bonding leave
- Additional wellness and employee assistance programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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