GCP Cloud Engineer - Management and Operations (Remote in US)

Resultant is building a large health information exchange (HIE) platform for a state government agency that integrates across multiple agencies, external partners, and identity providers.  We are seeking an experienced Google Cloud Platform Engineer to stabilize, support and operate the GCP infrastructure in the long term as the initial buildout comes to close.  The tenant is owned by the state, and the job requires close coordination with State IT and operating within their strict standards, guidelines and controls.

The position requires an experienced, hands-on GCP cloud engineer capable of operating with a high degree of autonomy in a risk-averse, regulated environment where platform reliability, security, and data confidentiality are critical.

You will work with Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, Terraform-based deployments, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, helping deliver a scalable, compliant, and operationally stable platform aligned with State standards and healthcare data requirements.

This is a remote role; however, preference will be given to candidates based in the Indianapolis, IN, Dallas, TX, or Chicago, IL areas.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Stabilization & Operations

• Environment Manager: responsible and accountable for overall health, availability, performance, security, cost and day-to-day operations of the GCP platform and toolset
• Lead efforts to stabilize and optimize the HIE platform, addressing production issues, technical debt, and deployment inconsistencies
• Lead or participate in incident response, monitoring, operational support, governance, root cause analysis, security and vulnerability remediations, and resolution of platform issues
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, deployment standards, security artifacts
• Engage with partner teams in a collaborative delivery model

CI/CD & DevOps (Azure DevOps)

• Partner with architecture, security, and data teams to align platform architecture with project deliverables and contractual, regulatory, and operational expectations
• Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment
• Support migration and alignment of existing GitHub-based pipelines into Azure DevOps
• Implement and maintain repeatable deployment frameworks for containerized platform and application services
• Support application teams with environment configuration and release processes
• Improve deployment reliability and rollback strategies for production releases

Cloud Infrastructure Engineering (GCP)

• Design, implement, maintain, operate GCP infrastructure across DEV, QA, STAGE, PROD etc.
• Manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, aligned with IT-provided baseline services (VPCs, DNS, service accounts), controls and standards
• Implement and maintain secure, scalable cloud patterns including networking, IAM, and service integrations
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads (e.g., Kubernetes/GKE or equivalent)

Healthcare & Data Integration Context

• Support integrations across healthcare, public health, and social services systems
• Work with data ingestion pipelines, secure file transfer (e.g., SFTP/MOVEit), APIs, and new partner onboarding
• Align platform with client’s interoperability patterns and data governance expectations

Identity, Access, & Security

• Implement and manage federated identity patterns (BYOC) across multiple Identity Providers (e.g., State systems, State SSO, external IdPs)
• Support role-based access controls and auditability aligned with data access policies
• Collaborate with security stakeholders to support ATO readiness and compliance audits
• Establish, improve and operate industry-standard tools, metrics procedures and governance around security and vulnerability management.

Collaboration, Leadership, & Engagement

This role operates within a multi-stakeholder environment and requires direct partnering with State agencies, External healthcare and social services partners, Internal engineering, data, security and audit

The position requires a collaborative, delivery-focused mindset, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and provide structured, actionable solutions.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of extensive, hands-on experience in cloud engineering or DevOps roles primarily on GCP in large mission-critical production environments
• Deep expertise in managing Terraform-based infrastructure deployments
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, CI/CD)
• Experience with containerized platforms (Kubernetes, Docker) including container observability
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Experience with Airflow/Cloud Composer especially for orchestrating data pipelines
• Experience with Git-based workflows and release management
• Strong troubleshooting skills in complex, integrated environments
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification or higher
• Willing to travel as needed for business needs (approximately 10%)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

Domain Experience Required

• Experience with Healthcare IT, HIE, or SHIE platforms with healthcare and Health Information Exchange (HIE) or Social Health Information Exchange (SHIE) experience
• Familiarity with HIPAA, PII, and data governance requirements
• Experience integrating with external partners, state agencies, or regulated systems

Preferred/Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with state government or public sector environments
• Experience in operations of critical SLA-bound environments with ongoing project releases
• Familiarity with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), federated identity, or OAuth/OIDC patterns
• Experience with data platforms (BigQuery, data lakes, data mesh architectures)
• Exposure to Security Command Center, monitoring, and compliance tooling
• Experience in Azure cloud environment is highly desirable.  This includes operating and managing large production business applications, analytic solutions, data lakes, lakehouses and mesh, big-data platforms and Ai and ML workloads.  Azure Databricks experience is highly valued.
• Desirable certifications:
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
  • Google Professional Security Operations engineer
  • Other Terraform, Kubernetes, or equivalent including Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • Equivalent Azure certifications

What It's Like to Work Here

At Resultant, we are driven by purpose—partnering with clients to take on their toughest challenges and creating outcomes that make a real difference. Success here means lasting impact, not just delivered projects. We work as collaborative experts, leaning into complexity with confidence and humility, asking smart questions, sharing ideas freely, and combining our diverse expertise to turn challenges into clear, transformative solutions. We make our outcomes visible by sharing results, stories, and lessons learned, because growth happens through shared experience.

Accountability & Ownership

Resultant offers a flexible, high-trust environment, paired with a shared commitment to accountability:

• Take ownership of your work from start to finish and deliver on your commitments to clients and coworkers
• Communicate proactively, especially when priorities shift
• Focus on outcomes, follow-through, and measurable impact
• Show up where it matters, in person or virtually, when it strengthens relationships or results
• Do the small things brilliantly: respond timely, stay organized, and follow through to build trust

We trust each other to own our work and deliver exceptional results. Flexibility means autonomy paired with accountability: the freedom to work in ways that fit your life, balanced with the reliability our clients and coworkers count on.

Is Resultant the right spot for you?

You may thrive here if you bring curiosity and a consulting mindset to every challenge, take ownership of your growth, and give and receive feedback with intention. If you're energized by bold ideas, continuous learning, and investing in the people around you, this is your place. At Resultant, we show up for each other, own our outcomes, and build leaders who create lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and each other.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

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