Senior Technical Specialist
Italy
Job Description
Senior Technical Specialist
Others, Milan

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Engineer (8+ years) with a strong background in designing, implementing, and managing large‑scale cloud environments. The ideal candidate has executed multiple large migration programs, possesses deep knowledge of Google Cloud products, and works comfortably within modern DevSecOps ecosystems. This role requires strong expertise in cloud architecture, HA/DR, load balancing, and Google‑native solutions to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient cloud deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and execute end‑to‑end migration programs to Google Cloud Platform.

- Design scalable cloud architectures across compute, storage, networking, IAM, and security.

- Develop HA and DR architectures ensuring business continuity.

- Architect and manage load balancing solutions using Cloud Load Balancer, Traffic Director, and Cloud CDN.

- Work extensively with GCP services such as GCE, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, VPC, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Monitoring, and Logging.

- Collaborate with application teams to design cloud-ready and cloud‑native architectures.

- Implement CI/CD, IaC, and security automation within DevSecOps pipelines.

- Use Terraform, Deployment Manager, Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions for automated deployments.

- Ensure compliance with IAM, security baselines, governance frameworks, and cost optimization.

- Troubleshoot production issues and optimize performance.

Skill Requirements

- 8+ years of cloud engineering experience with strong GCP expertise.

- Proven experience delivering large‑scale migration programs.

- Deep understanding of GCP networking, compute, storage, and security.

- Strong knowledge of application architecture patterns including microservices and serverless.

- Expertise in HA, DR, multi‑region deployments, and resilience engineering.

- Hands‑on experience with load balancing architectures.

- Strong DevSecOps knowledge including CI/CD, IaC, and security automation.

- Experience with GKE, Docker, and container orchestration.

- Strong troubleshooting and optimization experience.

- Preferred certifications: GCP Professional Cloud Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Engineer.

Other Requirements

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 226,300 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending December 2025 totaled $14.5 billion.

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