MultiCloud Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms. This role sits within the Multi Cloud Platform Engineering organization and partners closely with Security, Operations, Governance, and Application teams to enable safe and efficient consumption of GCP services across the enterprise. While this role focuses primarily on GCP, engineers operate within a broader multi cloud ecosystem and align to shared enterprise standards across cloud platforms.

Responsibilities:

Platform Engineering & Architecture

• Design, implement, and support enterprise GCP platform capabilities, including landing zones, organizations, projects, networking, and shared services
• Build scalable, secure, and reusable platform patterns aligned with architecture and security standards
• Support IaaS, PaaS, and serverless GCP services across multiple environments

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• Integrate cloud services into automated delivery workflows using GitHub Actions and related tooling
• Develop and maintain reusable modules, pipelines, and platform automation

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Implement and maintain IAM, policy enforcement, firewall rules, and network security controls
• Partner with Security and Governance teams to meet audit, risk, and compliance requirements
• Apply security best practices across identity, networking, data protection, and access management

Operations & Reliability

• Manage, monitor, and operate GCP environments using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and alerting
• Provide advanced production support, incident response, and root‑cause analysis
• Drive reliability, performance, and cost optimization improvements using FinOps principles

Collaboration & Enablement

• Partner with application teams to onboard workloads following approved platform patterns
• Maintain architectural, configuration, and operational documentation
• Mentor and guide junior engineers; resolve complex issues escalated by the team

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering roles
• Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform core services
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub or similar)
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and operating systems
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing or operating enterprise cloud landing zones
• Multi‑cloud experience (Azure and/or AWS)
• Kubernetes and container platforms (GKE preferred)
• Experience supporting regulated or security‑sensitive environments
• GCP certifications (Associate or Professional) a plus

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.