Job Description

Location: Weehawken, NJ 07086
Duration: 12 Months (Contract)

We are seeking a Google Cloud Network Engineer to support large-scale cloud infrastructure and microservices-based platforms within an enterprise environment. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing secure and scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) network solutions that enable reliable connectivity for cloud-native applications.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in GCP networking , cloud platform engineering, and supporting distributed microservices architectures.

• Architect and configure GCP networking components including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud Router, Cloud NAT, and Load Balancers.

• Implement secure, high-performance network architectures for microservices-based systems.

• Optimize traffic routing, DNS, service-to-service communication, and internal/external connectivity.

• Manage and maintain GCP environments to ensure reliability, availability, and scalability.

• Support cloud platform deployments for distributed applications, APIs, and backend services.

• Troubleshoot cloud network issues including latency, routing, peering, and access control problems.

• Ensure microservices running on GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine) have secure and efficient network communication.

• Work with engineering teams to support service mesh, API gateway routing, and internal networking between services.

• Implement network security best practices including IAM controls, network segmentation, and zero-trust policies.

• Monitor network activity using GCP logging/monitoring tools and proactively remediate vulnerabilities.

• Automate cloud networking tasks using Terraform, YAML, or scripting tools (Python, Bash).

• Enhance performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across cloud networking services.

• Partner with cloud engineers, platform teams, and application developers to support cloud workloads.

• Document network configurations, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .

• Expertise in cloud networking (VPC design, load balancing, firewalling, routing, hybrid connectivity).

• Experience with microservices architectures and cloud-native networking patterns.

• Solid understanding of Cloud Platform engineering (compute, storage, IAM, monitoring).

• Google Cloud certifications (Cloud Network Engineer, Cloud Architect).

• Experience with Kubernetes networking (GKE).

• Familiarity with service mesh (Istio) or API gateways.

• Knowledge of Terraform or other IaC tools.

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