Senior Associate, GCP Cloud Engineer

Job Description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate in Technology Enablement for our Consulting practice.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly architect, design, prototype, implement and optimize cloud architectures, platforms and applications to tackle the needs for a variety of Fortune 1000 corporations and other major organizations; develop cloud platforms and applications using infrastructure as code methodologies to solve real world problems ensuring quality and compliance following best practices in the industry
• Work in cross-disciplinary teams with KPMG industry professionals to understand client needs and be part of teams developing holistic operational solutions & applications contributing with the cloud infrastructure and GCP capabilities
• Research, experiment and utilize leading cloud methodologies and new tools for increased productivity, security, reliability and performance; provide proficient documentation and operating guidance for users of all levels
• Progress tools and services useful in cloud GCP environments such as performance monitoring, security monitoring, deployment/configuration, continuous integration/build servers and cloud resource creation scripts
• Develop skills in business requirement capture and translation, hypothesis-driven consulting, work stream and project management and client relationship development; help promote the KPMG brand in the broader data analytics community
• Help drive the process for pursuing innovations, target solutions and extendable platforms for Lighthouse, KPMG and clients; participate in developing and presenting thought leadership and help to ensure that the Lighthouse technology stack incorporates and is optimized for using specific technologies

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or equivalent cloud systems development experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or Master's degree from an accredited college/university with minimum two years of experience; or a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering or related fields from an accredited college/university
• Experience in designing cloud architectures and implementing production infrastructures and applications in one or more of the following cloud environments/technologies: Azure, AWS, GCP using infrastructure as code approach, experience in developing data and analytics platforms and applications on cloud is a plus and experience with cloud native container technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker experience with Terraform, Ansible, Chef and Puppet is preferred
• Basic software development skills/experience; scripting experience is preferred with a proficiency in Unix/Linux environments and ability to develop in terminal environments; experience with source code management systems like GIT and SVN and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical team members
• Strong understanding of networking, identity management, monitoring, logging, vulnerability management and concepts; depth of understanding with security concepts, protocols and configuration (authentication, authorization, encryption, PKI) with knowledge of IT operating models and processes and experience hardening infrastructures & systems and developing highly available & scalable systems is a plus
• Travel as needed and applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future