Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced
GCP Infrastructure Technical Lead with strong hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Windows/Linux servers, enterprise infrastructure, networking, and cloud operations.
The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background along with some experience in team leadership, task management, project coordination, and stakeholder communication.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, manage cloud environments, guide infrastructure engineers, and ensure smooth delivery of infrastructure projects and operational activities.
Key Responsibilities
GCP & Infrastructure Management
- Design, implement, manage, and support infrastructure solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
- Manage GCP services including Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, IAM, Cloud DNS, Load Balancing, and Cloud Monitoring.
- Administer Windows and Linux servers in cloud and on-premises environments.
- Manage server provisioning, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
- Support VMware virtualization, storage, networking, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Lead server migrations from on-premises infrastructure to GCP.
- Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Ensure infrastructure security, availability, backup, and disaster recovery readiness.
Technical Leadership & Team Management
- Provide day-to-day technical guidance to a small team of cloud and infrastructure engineers.
- Assign tasks, track progress, and ensure timely completion of infrastructure activities.
- Coordinate with application, networking, security, and DevOps teams.
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and production issues.
- Participate in technical discussions, infrastructure planning, and solution reviews.
- Mentor junior engineers and support knowledge-sharing activities.
- Review technical work, infrastructure changes, and implementation plans.
Project Coordination & Operations
- Coordinate infrastructure upgrades, cloud migrations, server deployments, and maintenance activities.
- Track deliverables, project timelines, dependencies, and technical risks.
- Provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders.
- Support incident management, change management, and root cause analysis.
- Ensure proper documentation, operational procedures, and infrastructure standards.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and cloud cost optimization.
Required Skills
Technical Skills- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Expertise in Windows Server and Linux administration.
- Strong knowledge of physical servers, virtual machines, VMware, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience with GCP networking, VPC, VPN, DNS, IAM, and load balancing.
- Experience with cloud migrations and hybrid infrastructure.
- Good understanding of networking, storage, firewalls, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation.
- Strong troubleshooting and production support capabilities.
Leadership & Management Skills- Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize operational activities.
- Good communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Experience coordinating infrastructure projects and technical deliverables.
- Ability to handle escalations and make technical decisions.
- Strong ownership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of overall IT infrastructure experience.
- 3–5+ years of hands-on GCP experience.
- Strong background in Windows/Linux server administration.
- At least 1–2 years of technical leadership or team coordination experience.
- Experience working in enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Skills
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Associate Cloud Engineer certification.
- Experience with GKE and container technologies.
- Experience with ITIL processes and ServiceNow.
- Exposure to Agile project delivery.
- Experience managing infrastructure vendors and coordinating with external support teams.