GCP-APIGEE

Job Description: GCP Platform Engineer / SRE

1. In‑Scope Technologies / Products

1. GCP Cloud
   
2. GCP API Management (Apigee) – Infrastructure
   
3. GCP Networking
   
4. GCP Cloud Armor
   
5. GCP Load Balancer
   
6. GCP Kubernetes Service (GKE)
   
7. GCP Storage
   
8. HashiCorp Terraform
   
9. HashiCorp Vault
   
10. Harness
    
11. Containers
    
12. Backstage
    

2. Skillsets Required

Cloud Platform Engineering

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated cloud platform capabilities with a focus on Azure (with readiness to cross‑train in GCP as required).
  

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Strong proficiency with Terraform (minimum).
  
• Experience with modern CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Harness, and Jenkins.
  

API Management

• Deep understanding of GCP API Management (Apigee) infrastructure and API Gateway solutions.
  
• Familiarity with API design and security standards (REST/OpenAPI, authentication/authorisation, mTLS, certificate lifecycle management).
  

Networking & Security

• Hands‑on experience with GCP Cloud Armor, GCP Networking, and implementation of secure‑by‑design controls across platform lifecycle.
  

Containers & Orchestration

• Experience with GKE, container runtimes, and service mesh patterns (e.g., Istio).
  

Automation & Observability

• Ability to implement actionable observability solutions.
  
• Performance tuning and automation to reduce toil.
  
• Experience defining and operating to SLOs/SLIs.
  

Scripting & Tooling

• Proficiency in Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
  
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, Harness, and Backstage is desirable.
  

Collaboration & Mentoring

• Ability to mentor engineers, contribute to communities of practice, and uphold platform engineering standards.
  

Certifications

• GCP certifications are desirable.
  

3. SRE Role – Additional Requirements

• Relevant GCP certifications aligned to the service.
  
• Strong DevOps background with experience in IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, Jenkins).
  
• Ability to quickly understand, update, and write code (Python, Groovy, Bash, PowerShell).
  
• Demonstrable expertise in modular, maintainable IaC design.
  
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, and APIs.
  
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem‑solving capability.
  
• Hands‑on experience with observability tooling (including Observability‑as‑Code and SLO‑based Dynatrace monitoring).
  
• Strong understanding of source‑control practices and collaborative engineering.
  
• Experience developing and administering Kubernetes clusters in production.
  
• Strong focus on automation and toil reduction.
  
• Good knowledge of incident management and issue resolution processes.
  
• Demonstrated passion for continuous learning and engineering excellence.
  

4. Scope of Services

As Infrastructure Engineers within the Integration GCP team, responsibilities include:

Design, Build & Operate

• Deliver and maintain secure, automated GCP API Management platform capabilities, supporting both API Gateway and broader integration products.
  

Platform Enablement

• Enable product teams to deliver API‑first services using reusable patterns and robust integration tools.
  

Infrastructure Automation

• Develop and maintain IaC solutions for provisioning and managing Azure and GCP resources, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and compliance.
  

Security & Compliance

• Embed security best practices throughout the platform lifecycle to safeguard organisational and customer data.
  

Performance & Reliability

• Define, monitor, and operate against SLOs/SLIs to ensure availability, performance, and resilience.
  

Continuous Improvement

• Drive automation, observability enhancement, and performance tuning to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
  

Collaboration

• Work closely with architecture and feature teams to evolve the cloud roadmap and platform products.
  
• Contribute to documentation, technical enablement, and engineering standards.
  

Mentoring

• Mentor team members and promote a culture of continuous learning.
  

5. SRE Role – Additional Service Responsibilities

• Hands‑on engineering ownership of IaC and CI/CD pipeline‑based products and services.
  
• Respond to change requests, implement enhancements, and improve reliability and customer experience.
  
• Observe, investigate, and resolve service issues using an engineering mindset – resolving issues through code, automation, and root‑cause elimination.
  
• Implement automation to remove manual toil by leveraging existing cloud tooling or integrating new technologies.