Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

About us

Mantel is an Australian-owned technology consulting business with capabilities across Cloud, Digital, Data, Delivery & Security. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 5 years in a row

We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done

Mantel's dedicated cloud capability means you will work with a team of passionate people and all the latest tech in your cloud of choice whether you want to help businesses reach their full potential with Microsoft products, be part of the full cloud transformation on AWS or an expert in Google cloud - there's an opportunity here for you.

About the role

We are looking for passionate consultants to help us grow our reputation in the marketplace by delivering high quality consulting services to our clients. They contribute to development of our core platform and patterns to meet current and future client requirements.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will develop and grow trusted relationships with clients, which complement the company's commercial and strategic relationships, whilst mentoring other team members. You'll contribute to the development of our core platform and patterns to meet current and future client requirements.

In your role as a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will:

- Provide consulting services that combine architectural vision with hands-on technical experience using some of the latest cloud technologies and methods

- Design, develop, build and operate sophisticated and highly automated secure GCP and Hybrid infrastructure that adheres with Industry compliance standards

- Use software development and Software Configuration Management (SCM), DevOps and Continuous Integration methods to build, configure and manage the infrastructure

- Define and drive new architectures based on the applicable regulatory compliance standards and work with multiple stakeholders to gain endorsement

- Perform troubleshooting, analysis and resolve issues as needed to achieve project outcomes

- Liaise with the project team, clients, vendors and stakeholders using multiple communication channels to manage the delivery of the project

- Establish and maintain relationships with clients as a source of informed, reliable, professional advice about solution options based on the consultant's specific skills and knowledge

- Willingness to continually upskill; including learning new technologies and obtaining new certifications

- Build, recognise and promptly advise the leadership team of potential follow-on business opportunities.

What you'll need to be successful

- Good written & verbal communication skills, including strong stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills

- Specialist knowledge of several industries or segments, coupled with strong analytical skills.

- Ability to identify trends within their practice relating to products and services and communicate them effectively to the wider practice.

- Bring a positive can-do attitude to the team

- Ability to lead and mentor others where appropriate

- Demonstrated ability to adhere to reporting deadlines

What tech you'll need to know:

- Experience in designing, deploying, and managing GCP solutions in complex enterprise environments

- Proven experience with GCP cloud migration projects from assessment to implementation

- Solid knowledge of GCP networking, security, identity, and access management concepts and best practices

- Infrastructure as code - Terraform or CDK

- CI/CD tooling - Gitlab-CI, BuildKite, AzureDevOps, GitHub Actions

- Container technologies - Kubernetes, GKE

- Containerising applications and securing container workloads in the cloud

- Serverless technologies - Serverless framework

- Scripting and automating - Golang, Bash and/or Python

- Experience with observability implementation and management

- GCP professional certifications highly regarded

We value diverse skill-sets, and don't necessarily require that you have all of the above. If you feel you cover roughly 70 – 80 % of the experiences/skills listed we still encourage you to apply or get in touch.

What you can expect from us

- We know you won't have one job for life. At Mantel we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.

- You'll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.

- We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what's most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different One size does not fit all.

- You'll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.

- We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to "make good choices" about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.

- Mantel is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing.

Click 'Apply for this job' to be considered for this role and our Talent team will be in touch.

We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.