Senior Cloud Engineer

Since opening our first self-storage facility in 1972, Public Storage has grown to become the largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the world. With thousands of locations across the U.S. and Europe, and more than 170 million net rentable square feet of real estate, we're also one of the largest landlords.

We've been recognized as A Great Place to Work by the Great Place to Work Institute. And, our employees have also voted us as having Best Career Growth, ranked us in the Top 5% for Work Culture, and in the Top 10% for Diversity and Inclusion.

We're a member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500. Our common and preferred stocks trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to join our enterprise IT department in Plano, TX. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud architecture, security, and best practices to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud-based systems.  

They will work in a fast-paced environment and must be adaptable to the many changing processes and technologies related to the various IT systems.   

Responsibilities:  

• Design, deploy, and manage GCP infrastructure and services.  

• Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC Networks   

• Thorough understanding of Google infrastructure and networking  

• Thorough understanding of GKE, design, operations and troubleshooting  

• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration of applications with GKE.  

• Collaborate on cloud security measures, including identity and access management, encryption, and network security.  

• Monitor and optimize cloud performance, cost, and scalability.  

• Automate cloud operations using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.  

• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-related issues and incidents.  

• Stay up-to-date with the latest GCP features, services, and best practices.  

• Provide technical guidance and support to other IT team members.  

• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud infrastructure and processes.  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.  

• 5+ years of experience working with Google Cloud Platform.  

• 5+ years of experience working with GKE  

• Strong knowledge of GKE and integration with development teams  

• Strong knowledge of GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Functions.  

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.  

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.  

• Ability to use GitOps principles for all code-based infrastructure.  

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Bitbucket, Jenkins.  

• Understanding cloud security best practices, compliance requirements and IAC practices.  

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.  

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.  

Additional Technical Qualifications:  

• Proficiency in managing and optimizing GCP networking components, such as VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, and Cloud CDN.  

• Familiarity with serverless computing and event-driven architectures using GCP services like Cloud Run and Cloud Pub/Sub.  

• Certification and hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tool DataDog  

• Understanding of DevOps, DevSecOps practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.  

• Knowledge of Google Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity planning in a cloud environment.  

Preferred Qualifications  

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Data Engineer certification.  

• Experience with GCP Cloud databases: Spanner, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, and Bigtable, BigQuery.  

**This job requires work to be done outside of normal working hours including occasionally weeknights and weekends.  

Workplace

• One of our values pillars is to work as OneTeam and we believe that there is no replacement for in-person collaboration but understand the value of some flexibility. Public Storage teammates are expected to work in the office five days each week with the option to take up to three flexible remote days per month.

Public Storage is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

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