LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC

LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC

Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

Washington, DC · Senior · Full-time

No sponsorship$120k-$140kDetected 4 days ago
PythonBashGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleCI/CDJenkinsLinuxDevOpsCybersecurityAgile

About the role

  • This role requires expertise in infrastructure automation, cloud security, networking, and CI/CD pipeline development.
  • LightFeather is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage secure and scalable cloud infrastructure using GCP.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, Deployment Manager, or similar tools.
  • Support CI/CD pipeline automation, integration, and management.
  • Collaborate with software engineers, security personnel, and government stakeholders to support development and deployment workflows.
  • Implement cloud best practices and ensure compliance with federal security standards (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST).

Nice to have

  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure cloud services meet SLAs.
  • Provide documentation and knowledge sharing with the broader engineering team.
  • Willing to obtain a security clearance.
  • 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 2 years on GCP.
  • Hands-on experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM, GKE, and BigQuery.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager.
  • Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Compensation

  • $120,000-$140,000 annually, based on experience level.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizenship is required for this position due to federal contract requirements and the need to obtain and maintain a Top Secret-level security clearance

This listing is sourced directly from LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.