Hybrid Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

at EY

• Job title: Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: BigQuery, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Python, Shell Scripting, Spinnaker, SQL, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Timisoara, Romania

About the role

• Senior DevOps Engineer leading DevOps initiatives and optimizing cloud infrastructure at EY Romania. Collaborating with teams to deliver efficient cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities

• Design and build DevOps solutions on GCP that fit business and engineering needs.
• Set up cloud strategies that make development, testing, and deployment efficient.
• Give technical guidance and coach team members so they grow strong GCP and DevOps skills.
• Help define long-term infrastructure plans and promote the use of GCP across the organization.
• Choose the right GCP tools and third-party products to improve CI/CD, monitoring, and automation.
• Create and manage GCP services (e.g., Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud SQL/Spanner) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Deployment Manager).
• Build and improve secure delivery pipelines with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Spinnaker/ArgoCD.
• Make sure rollback, backup, and disaster recovery use GCP services.
• Improve performance and scale by tuning Kubernetes (GKE), networking, and autoscaling.
• Use Cloud Operations Suite (Stackdriver) for monitoring.
• Apply security best practices in daily work: set IAM policies, use VPC Service Controls, run vulnerability scans with Security Command Center, and manage secrets safely.
• Reduce costs by right sizing resources, using committed use discounts, and tracking spending with Billing & Cost Management tools.
• Keep infrastructure compliant and governed according to industry standards and regulations.
• Promote continuous improvement by suggesting better practices, new GCP features, and automation ideas.

Requirements

• Completed higher education in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps practices and cloud computing, with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform.
• Deep knowledge of GCP services across compute, storage, networking, and security domains (e.g., Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, Cloud Armor, Cloud Identity).
• Proven track record of implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines on GCP (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions) and automating workflows with IaC (Terraform, Deployment Manager).
• Proven track record of applying GitOps principles to manage infrastructure and application deployments in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation with Python and Shell scripting for infrastructure and operational tooling.
• Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/GKE), including service mesh (Istio/Anthos) and workload identity integration.
• Strong understanding of cloud security practices, including IAM role design, key management (KMS), encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with monitoring and observability using Cloud Operations Suite (Logging, Monitoring, Trace, Profiler) and integrations with tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Proficiency in Git and branching strategies in collaborative engineering environments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills, with proven experience guiding teams in adopting new cloud practices.
• Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken) and demonstrated integrity in a professional environment.

Benefits

• Get free certifications and enjoy national & international training.
• Get extra vacation days when public holidays fall on a weekend.
• Join an EY Community and practice your hobby with your colleagues off-work.
• Get plenty of discounts, perks and medical coverage.
• Free access to Udemy, EY Badges
• Bookster library
• Medical subscription for employees and family members (wife/husband/children)
• Life & accident insurance
• EAP – Employee Assistance Program - Short term confidential counselling services for you and those who live with you.