Cloud Operations Expert consultant

Cloud Operations Expert is responsible for the stability, reliability, and performance of production systems, while leveraging DevOps practices to automate, industrialize, and improve operational efficiency.

Technical environment

• Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Scripting: Shell, Python

• Tools: Git, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform

• Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

• Platforms & streaming: App Engine, Kafka

• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL), NoSQL (Elasticsearch, Couchbase)

• Monitoring & observability: Grafana, Stackdriver, Mesos, PagerDuty, Prometheus, Datadog

• Network: VPN, IP routing, NAT, proxy

• Methodology: Agile

Main responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain the availability of production systems and infrastructure

• Handle incidents, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis

• Ensure availability, performance, and reliability according to SLA/SLO objectives

• Automate operational tasks through scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI)

• Deploy and support applications in cloud environments (AWS / GCP)

• Perform infrastructure updates using IaC tools such as Terraform

• Work with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployability and operability

• Apply best practices in security, backup, and disaster recovery

Required skills

• Strong experience in operating production systems

• Proven experience in monitoring and incident management

• Scripting skills (Bash, Python)

• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS)

• Good command of CI/CD and automation practices

• Experience with version control systems (Git / GitFlow)

• Good knowledge of containerized and microservices architectures (Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Elasticsearch, Couchbase) databases

• Understanding of network concepts (VPN, IP routing, NAT, load balancing, proxy)

• Experience in an Agile / SAFe environment

• Fluent technical English (reading, writing, speaking)