Google Cloud Technical Lead/Lead Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a hands-on Google Cloud Technical Lead/Lead Engineer who combines strong architectural thinking with active engineering practice. In this role, you are responsible for the development of the Google Cloud Platform to optimally serve customer demand through solution design, team assistance, co-creation, or setting up PoC/MVP implementations. This role is part of the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), an Agile Release Train (ART), where you will act as a technical leader guiding teams on best practices, validating designs, and ensuring that security, quality, and cost optimization are embedded by design into all Google Cloud solutions. The team's vision is to provide a flexible and reliable automated cloud platform to enable accelerated and sustainable adoption of cloud, maximizing benefits while reducing risks and bringing innovative cloud solutions to teams.

Responsibilities

• Define technology standards and the future state of Google Cloud Platform Services including reference architectures, guiding principles, and solution building blocks
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, System Architects, and other team members to develop and operate Google Cloud platform services
• Lead the design and implementation of Identity and Access Management across Google Cloud Platform including service accounts, organizational policies, and modern authentication patterns
• Drive infrastructure automation and standardized provisioning using Infrastructure as Code with a strong focus on Terraform and reusable modules
• Support team members in developing and maintaining new platform services including hands-on infrastructure-as-code and other automation best practices
• Partner with FinOps stakeholders to embed billing visibility, cost control, and optimization practices into platform services
• Ensure security, compliance, and quality standards are consistently applied through design reviews, implementation validation, and continuous improvement
• Mentor engineers within the Google Cloud Platform team and contribute to cloud best practices, patterns, and documentation
• Build proofs of concept and proofs of value for new Google Cloud capabilities
• Maintain high-quality cloud design documentation within the domain

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in cloud engineering roles with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code particularly Terraform along with proficiency in Python and Bash for scripting and troubleshooting
• Understanding of cloud billing models, cost allocation, and optimization strategies in enterprise environments
• Background in setting up enterprise-level account structures and security models in GCP
• Skills in PaaS offerings and containerized and serverless workloads such as GKE and Cloud Run
• Proficiency in operating cloud platforms at enterprise scale balancing security, compliance, reliability, and performance
• Knowledge of cloud-based delivery models and data integration patterns and architectures
• Competency in engineering and coding within agile environments
• Qualifications in IT architecture methodologies such as TOGAF and service management processes such as ITIL
• Proven track record in road mapping, technical architecture design, solution definition, and project management gained through work experience in large international companies and global service providers
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with strong leadership and customer-facing abilities to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as SAFe and Scrum

Nice to Have

• Experience with GKE and Cloud Run
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as SAFe and Scrum

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Be part of a leading team in cloud technology
• Competitive compensation package

About the Company

EPAM Systems is a global software engineering and product development company that partners with the world’s leading businesses to deliver technology solutions that drive digital transformation and innovation.