Senior Cloud Engineer

Your Team Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate should have expertise in GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), Cloud Run, Cloud Loadbalancer, Cloud function, Azure DevOps, and Terraform, with a strong focus on automation, security, and scalability.

You will work closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure robust cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines while optimizing performance and cost.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure Design & Management • Deploy, and maintain GCP cloud resources via terraform/other automation. • Implement Google Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, filestore, fordata storage and processing needs. • Manage and configure Cloud Load Balancers (HTTP(S), TCP/UDP, and SSL Proxy)for high availability and scalability. • Optimize resource allocation, monitoring, and cost efficiency across GCP environments.

2. Kubernetes & Container Orchestration • Deploy, manage, and optimize workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). • Work with Helm charts, Flux and ArgoCD for microservices deployments. • Automate scaling, rolling updates, and zero-downtime deployments.

3. Serverless & Compute Services • Deploy and manage applications on Cloud Run and Cloud Functions for scalable, serverless workloads. • Optimize containerized applications running on Cloud Run for cost efficiency and performance.

4. CI/CD & DevOps Automation • Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps. • Automate infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Bash and Powershell/Python scripiting • Integrate security and compliance checks into the DevOps workflow (DevSecOps).

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

✔ Experience: 6+ years in Cloud Engineering, with a focus on GCP.

✔ Cloud Expertise: Strong knowledge of GCP services (GKE, Compute Engine, IAM, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions).

✔ Kubernetes & Containers: Experience with GKE, Docker, GKE Networking, Helm.

✔ DevOps Tools: Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline automation.

✔ Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Expertise in Terraform for provisioning cloud resources.

✔ Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.

✔ Security & Compliance: Knowledge of cloud security principles, IAM, and compliance standards.

About MSCI

What we offer you • Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing. • Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces. • A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results. • A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients. • Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development. • Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles. • We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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