Google cloud Operations Engineer at TechTrend, Inc. Google cloud Operations Engineer at TechTrend, Inc. in Great Falls, Virginia Posted in 6 days ago.

Type:

full-time

GOOGLE CLOUD OPERATIONS ENGINEER

TechTrend is seeking a talented, hands-on Google Cloud Operations Engineer to join our team. Using a modern technology stack and an agile approach, you will have the opportunity to be part of a workforce that is transforming IT through government technology modernization efforts. In this role, you will be the backbone of our cloud reliability. You will focus on the day-to-day administration, monitoring, security, and performance of our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. Operating as a hands-on individual contributor, you will take ownership of keeping critical government systems running smoothly, resolving incidents, and optimizing existing infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Administration & Operations:

Manage the day-to-day operations of enterprise GCP environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and operational stability for a major U.S. Government customer.

Monitoring & Incident Response:

Implement and manage robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., GCP Cloud Operations/Stackdriver, ELK Stack, Splunk). Act as the primary technical responder for infrastructure incidents, troubleshooting and resolving system outages or performance bottlenecks.

• Infrastructure Maintenance (IaC): Maintain and update existing cloud infrastructure using Terraform. Safely apply configuration changes, manage Terraform state, and ensure infrastructure drift is identified and corrected.

CI/CD & Deployment Support:

Maintain and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth, automated, and secure deployments of containerized applications (e.g., Docker, Cloud Run, Artifact Registry) into production.

Security & Identity Management:

Manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles, service accounts, and network security groups. Ensure continuous compliance with strict industry and government standards (e.g., Fed

RAMP, NIST

) through vulnerability patching and security remediation.

Backup, Recovery & Cost Optimization :

Execute routine backups, test disaster recovery procedures, and actively monitor cloud billing to identify and eliminate underutilized resources.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (Preferred).

Certifications:

Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification strongly preferred.

Cloud Operations Experience:

2 YOE administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting enterprise Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Working knowledge of Terraform to read, update, and deploy infrastructure changes safely within a production environment.

Modern Tech Stack:

Experience operating and troubleshooting containerized workloads, microservices, and serverless solutions (e.g., Cloud Run).

Cybersecurity & Monitoring:

Familiarity with cloud security and monitoring tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Ansible, Nessus, ClamAV, Splunk, Git, and native GCP monitoring).

Agile Delivery:

Experience working in an Agile/DevSecOps environment (Scaled Agile Framework / SAFe knowledge is a plus), utilizing ticketing systems (e.g., Jira) for incident and task management.

Work Location:

Remote (able to work out of the Reston office 1-2 times a month)

Travel Requirements:

No travel

Job Type:

Full-time Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life, Short, and Long-term Disability Insurance
• PTO & All federal holidays off
• 401(k) Plan (matching component included)
• Free Gym Access at Headquarters About TechTrend Founded in 2003, TechTrend is an award-winning technology consulting firm delivering cloud, AI, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and enterprise IT solutions to federal and commercial customers.

We help organizations solve complex challenges by combining technical excellence with a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.