Sr Platform Engineer (GCP)

The Senior Platform Engineer will create and redesign broad technical

infrastructure and information systems that define how servers, networks, and

storage systems work together to support the needs of the organization. This

role will be highly focused on leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to build

scalable, resilient, and automated environments, ensuring that cloud

infrastructure aligns with organizational goals and industry best practices.

This is an on-site position located in Springfield, MO. Remote work is not an

option for this position.

Responsibilities

• and Duties Cloud Architecture &
• Design: Design and select business-critical storage, data center, and
• client/server environments, specifically focusing on GCP services, to design
• solutions in line with industry best practice and provide a third-line point of
• escalation for appropriate global infrastructure solutions. Infrastructure
• Evolution: Drive advances in technologies and architectures, particularly
• cloud-native services, to increase the value delivered by technology and digital
• capabilities. Recommend and participate in activities related to the design,
• development, and maintenance of the IT capabilities within the enterprise
• architecture. Strategic Partnership: Partner with Enterprise Architecture to
• develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts, ensuring seamless
• integration between legacy systems and GCP cloud environments.

Requirements

• Gathering: Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as
• interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the
• requirements in terms of target user roles and goals. Lifecycle Migration:
• Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to
• migrate to the "to be" capability (e.g., on-prem to GCP migrations) to record
• accurately the change required. Emerging Tech Evaluation: Explore and develop a
• detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues, such as new
• GCP features or cloud security trends, and contribute to the evaluation of their
• potential impact on the organization. Feasibility & ROI: Conduct feasibility
• studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document
• findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business
• processes, products, or business unit structure. Cloud Security & Compliance:
• Implement required security measures, such as GCP Cloud Armor, IAM policies,
• firewalls, message encryption, system hardening, or vulnerability remediation,
• monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems. Governance:
• Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's
• policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes, ensuring all cloud
• deployments adhere to required standards. Platform Leadership: Lead technical
• developments to improve the quality of the infrastructure platform to better
• meet users’ needs. Professional Development: Develop own capabilities by
• participating in assessment and development planning; gain or maintain
• professional cloud certifications (e.g., GCP Professional Cloud Architect) to
• improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Financial Accountability:
• Contribute to developing business cases to quantify current costs, justify
• project investment, and identify the return on investment for cloud-based
• initiatives. Fault Isolation: Develop and implement designs providing fault
• isolation and resolution for complex challenges to limit and address issues
• promptly. System Testing: Design and perform system and component tests and
• respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues as
• relates to the infrastructure platform. Mentorship & Coaching: Use the
• organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual
• development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities
• through training or coaching in cloud-native technologies. Automation Focus:
• Contribute to the continued improvement of our Infrastructure Automation (IaC)
• tooling and processes. Operational Excellence: Participate in after-hours
• support (on-call) and contribute to Knowledge Base articles and Standard
• Operating Procedures to ensure routine cloud tasks are well documented.
• Onboarding: Participate in the onboarding and training of new team members.
• Skills Required: Data-Driven Decision Making: Determine and analyze trends from
• data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in
• decision-making. Business Contextualization: Understand business context, needs,
• and architecture to document the current state of processes and the business.
• Requirement Translation: Express user needs in terms of business requirements
• and conduct build-vs-buy analyses for cloud services. Change Strategy: Develop
• an effective change strategy based on gap analyses and enterprise readiness
• assessment results. Systems Testing: Design, execute, and report on
• systems/service tests to ensure applications function as specified. Business
• Case Creation: Interpret or lead business case creation to quantify costs and
• justify project investment. Information Lifecycle Management: Develop and
• execute architectures and policies to manage the information lifecycle needs of
• the organization. Automation Management: Adopt solutions to automate and manage
• multiple applications and functions (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet).
• Infrastructure Administration: Manage and administer various infrastructure
• components such as compute, storage, cloud, network, observability, and tooling.
• Scripting & Programming: Scripting experience with languages such as Bash,
• PowerShell, or Python. Delegation & Leadership: Ability to delegate and provide
• clear "definition of done" criteria for junior engineers. Preferred: CI/CD
• Pipeline Management: Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or
• Google Cloud Build). Containerization: Experience with managing containerized
• infrastructure, such as Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, and Cloud Run. Cloud
• Architecture: Specific experience designing and deploying complex platforms
• within the Google Cloud Ecosystem. Education and Experience Education:
• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level of Experience. Experience: Experienced
• practitioner able to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others
• (3 to 6 years). Managerial Experience: Experience supervising and directing
• people and resources to achieve specific end results (1 to 3 years). O’Reilly
• Auto Parts has a proven track record of growth and stability. O’Reilly is full
• of successful career stories and believes in a strong promote-from-within
• philosophy, encouraging you to grow your career along with the organization.
• Total Compensation Package: Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off Stock Purchase
• Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One Medical, Dental, &
• Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Team Member
• Health/Wellbeing Programs Tuition Educational Assistance Programs Opportunities
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