Urgent C2C role Lead GCP Engineer in Austin TX

Role- Lead GCP Engineer

Location- Austin TX (4 days work from office)

Minimum 15+ Years of experience is mandatory

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

Successfully execute the long-term GCP infrastructure and DevOps strategy aligned with business objectives
Collaborate with business, engineering, product, and security leaders to drive platform adoption Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)
Establish a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement
Mentor and build high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, Agile, and DevOps.
Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)

Oversee scalable, secure, and highly available systems on GCP
Management of Google Resources (Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, Cloud Storage, VertexAI, BigQuery, GCS etc. )
Implement and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform 
Drive multi-region and disaster recovery strategies
Security & Compliance

Partner with security, governance, and networking teams for infrastructure setup & maintenance
Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Drive cloud cost governance and optimization strategies
Implement monitoring, budgeting, and rightsizing practices
Improve cost visibility and accountability across teams
Preferred Skills:

Technical leadership and strategic thinking
Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
Automation-first mindset
Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services
Strong experience with Terraform 
Familiarity with data/analytics platforms (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow etc.)
Experience in faster, more efficient software delivery through mature DevOps practices
GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect)