GCP DevOps Engineer (Onsite)

About the role

Applaudo Studios is looking for a DevOps Engineer who builds secure, efficient CI/CD pipelines and reusable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The engineer combines pipeline engineering with Terraform and container expertise, operates core GCP services independently and helps development teams adopt standardized Golden Paths. The position is a 3-month assignment (possible extension) with a hybrid model of 3 to 4 days on site and 1 to 2 days remote, Monday to Friday.

Key responsibilities

• Build complex CI/CD pipelines with integrated testing, security and multi-zone deployments.
• Create reusable Terraform modules for development teams.
• Manage GKE, Cloud Run and Cloud SQL autonomously.
• Integrate automated vulnerability scanning into pipelines as part of DevSecOps.
• Reduce pipeline execution time through caching and parallelism.
• Manage versioning and cleanup of Artifact Registry.
• Support teams in adopting Golden Paths.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on DevOps and cloud experience.
• Intermediate to advanced experience building complex CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Docker, container strategy and image optimization.
• Working knowledge of English; Spanish is the main language of communication in the project.

Required skills

• GitLab CI or GitHub Actions
• Terraform reusable modules
• GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL and Artifact Registry
• DevSecOps with automated vulnerability scanning
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate and Google Associate Cloud Engineer certifications desired