DevOps Engineer (Google Cloud)

At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.

We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.

We are seeking an ambitious, hands-on DevOps Engineer (Google / GCP) to join our cloud platform team. In this role, you will be instrumental in modernizing, automating, and maintaining highly available Google Cloud environments and hybrid continuous delivery pipelines.

A primary focus for this position will be configuring, deploying, and integrating GitLab across both GCP and on-premises environments-ensuring seamless, secure code delivery and orchestration across hybrid infrastructure. Sitting at the intersection of development and operations, you will empower software squads to ship code faster, safer, and more reliably.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Hybrid GitLab Integration: Configure, administer, and integrate GitLab across GCP and on-premises environments, creating seamless CI/CD pipelines, runner groups, and automated deployment patterns across hybrid infrastructure.

• GCP Infrastructure Automation: Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Google Cloud native tools.

• Pipeline Engineering: Build, optimize, and manage robust continuous integration and deployment pipelines for microservices, legacy systems, and cloud workloads.

• Container Orchestration: Manage and fine-tune Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, helm charts, and container registries to ensure reliable execution of workloads.

• Observability & Reliability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Google Cloud Operations (Stackdriver), Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog to maintain peak platform reliability.

• DevSecOps Integration: Embed automated security scanning, policy enforcement (IAM, Organization Policies), and vulnerability management directly into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Operational Excellence & Mentorship: Troubleshoot complex build and platform issues, participate in incident management, and share DevOps best practices across engineering squads.

Core Requirements:

• GitLab & Hybrid Experience: Proven experience configuring, managing, and integrating GitLab (SaaS or Self-Managed) across hybrid environments (GCP and on-premises infrastructure).

• GCP Expertise: Strong hands-on experience engineering and administering core Google Cloud Platform services (GKE, VPCs, IAM, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage).

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep proficiency with Terraform for provisioned and version-controlled GCP and hybrid infrastructure.

• Containers & Orchestration: Proven track record working with Docker and Kubernetes (specifically GKE).

• Scripting & Automation: High proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.

• Hybrid Networking & Security: Solid understanding of hybrid cloud networking (hybrid connectivity, VPNs, subnets, firewalls, load balancers, Cloud DNS) and IAM security fundamentals.

Highly Regarded:

• Official certifications: GitLab Certified Associate/Professional or Google Cloud Certifications (Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer / Professional Cloud Architect).

• Experience with GitOps methodologies (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux) and Helm.

• Familiarity with service mesh architectures (Istio / Anthos Service Mesh).

Why join us:

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks:

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks