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Cloud Engineer, Databases, Global Services Delivery, Google Cloud

Cloud Engineer, Databases, Global Services Delivery, Google Cloud

2 Weeks ago • 4 Years + • DevOps

About the job

Summary

As a Cloud Engineer, you'll provide technical guidance to customers adopting Google Cloud Platform (GCP), focusing on secure cloud implementations, automated provisioning, and cloud-ready architectures. You'll offer best practices, ensure optimal GCP usage, and guide customers through migration, building, modernization, and maintenance of applications. Collaboration with Product Management and Engineering to enhance GCP products is also key. Responsibilities include translating business requirements into database solutions, leading data migrations, implementing data governance procedures, troubleshooting storage systems, and managing projects with clear goals and objectives. This role requires strong database expertise and experience with Google Cloud native databases.

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Must have:

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent
4+ years automating infrastructure
Experience designing cloud solutions
Coding experience (Python, Java, Go, C/C++)
Data migration experience
Database troubleshooting

Good to have:

Large-scale data migration experience
Database design principles
Encryption techniques (symmetric, asymmetric, HSMs)
Experience with Cloud Spanner, Cloud BigTable, AlloyDB
Data security knowledge

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, continuous integration, or delivery.
Experience designing cloud enterprise solutions and supporting customer projects to completion.
Experience coding in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, C or C++) including data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in designing and performing large scale data migrations using various tools and services.
Experience troubleshooting and resolving database-related issues.
Experience in database design principles, data modeling, and the ability to translate business requirements into efficient database structures.
Experience with encryption techniques like symmetric, asymmetric, HSMs, and envelop, and ability to implement secure key storage using key management system.
Knowledge and experience in Google Cloud native databases like Cloud Spanner, Cloud BigTable and AlloyDB.
Understanding of data security measures and encryption techniques.

About the job

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As a Cloud Engineer, you will provide exceptional technical guidance to customers adopting Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. This includes providing best practices on secure foundational cloud implementations, automated provisioning of infrastructure and applications, cloud-ready application architectures, and more. You will also provide prescriptive guidance in ensuring that customers receive the best of what GCP can offer and have the best experience in migrating, building, modernizing, and maintaining applications in GCP. Additionally, you will work closely with Product Management and Product Engineering to drive excellence in Google Cloud products and features.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

Interact with stakeholders to translate complex business and technical requirements into recommendations for scalable and cost-effective database solutions and advisory services.
Engage with technical leads and partners to lead high velocity data migration and modernization to GCP using Google or third-party tools and services.
Develop and implement data quality and governance procedures to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data.
Work with customer or partner teams to troubleshoot their complex storage systems for potential performance challenges.
Take various project requirements and organize them into clear goals and objectives, and create a work breakdown structure to manage internal and external stakeholders.

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