CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.
Job DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced Senior GCP & Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in multi-cloud architecture, DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, cloud networking, observability, and cloud security. You will work closely with development, QA, security, architecture, and operations teams to streamline software delivery, automate infrastructure management, and improve platform reliability across GCP and OCI environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure across GCP and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Design and support multi-cloud architectures, connectivity, and workloads spanning GCP and OCI.
- Implement reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules and automated provisioning using Terraform.
- Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Google Cloud Build, OCI DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Argo CD.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, configuration management, monitoring, patching, and operational tasks.
- Implement and manage cloud networking, including VPC/VCN, subnets, routing, load balancers, DNS, VPNs, firewalls/security lists, NAT gateways, and private connectivity.
- Implement IAM, identity federation, service accounts, OCI dynamic groups, policies, and least-privilege access controls.
- Configure monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability using Google Cloud Operations Suite, OCI Monitoring, OCI Logging, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Optimize cloud resources across GCP and OCI for performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and cost efficiency.
- Design and support backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity strategies across cloud environments.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and production issues and participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and remediation.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve application deployment, release management, and platform engineering processes.
- Implement and enforce DevSecOps, vulnerability management, secrets management, policy enforcement, and compliance standards.
- Support container and artifact security, vulnerability scanning, and secure software supply-chain practices.
- Maintain technical documentation, cloud architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps, automation, security, and cloud engineering best practices across teams.
Required Skills:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Compute Engine
- Cloud Run
- Cloud Functions
- Cloud Build
- Cloud Storage
- Cloud SQL
- BigQuery
- Pub/Sub
- VPC, IAM, Load Balancing, and Cloud DNS
- Secret Manager
- Artifact Registry
- Google Cloud Operations Suite
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
- OCI Compute
- OCI Functions
- OCI Container Instances
- OCI Object Storage
- OCI Database services
- Autonomous Database
- OCI DevOps
- OCI Container Registry / Artifact Registry
- Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
- OCI IAM, compartments, policies, and dynamic groups
- OCI Load Balancer
- OCI DNS
- OCI Vault and Secrets
- OCI Monitoring and Logging
- OCI Notifications
- OCI Service Connector Hub
- OCI Cloud Guard and Security Zones
- FastConnect, Site-to-Site VPN, and Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG)
DevOps & Infrastructure Automation
- Terraform
- Terraform modules and remote state management
- Ansible (preferred)
- Bash/Shell scripting
- Python (preferred)
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- GitOps practices
CI/CD
- Google Cloud Build
- OCI DevOps
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Jenkins
- Argo CD (preferred)
Kubernetes & Containers
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
- Docker
- Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting
- Helm
- Kubernetes networking and ingress
- Kubernetes RBAC and security
- Container registry and image management
- Autoscaling and resource optimization
Monitoring & Logging
- Google Cloud Operations Suite
- OCI Monitoring
- OCI Logging
- OCI Logging Analytics
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK/OpenSearch (preferred)
- Application and infrastructure alerting
Cloud Networking
- GCP VPC and OCI VCN
- Subnets and routing
- Load balancing
- DNS
- NAT
- Firewalls and OCI security lists/network security groups
- VPN and private connectivity
- OCI FastConnect
- GCP Cloud Interconnect
- TCP/IP and network troubleshooting
- Hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity
Security & DevSecOps
- GCP IAM and OCI IAM
- Workload Identity
- OCI dynamic groups and instance/resource principals
- OAuth and service accounts
- Secret Manager and OCI Vault
- Security Command Center
- OCI Cloud Guard
- Container security and vulnerability scanning
- Policy enforcement and compliance
- Encryption and key management
- Identity federation and least-privilege access
- Security automation and remediation
Version Control
- Git
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6–10+ years of overall IT/DevOps/Cloud Engineering experience.
- 4–6+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with strong practical experience in at least one platform and demonstrated experience working with the other.
- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, or operating multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments is strongly preferred.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, particularly GKE and/or OKE, and Docker.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, including reusable modules, state management, and automated infrastructure deployment.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong cloud and networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, VPNs, VPC/VCN, firewalls, and private connectivity.
- Experience implementing cloud IAM, secrets management, encryption, network security, and other cloud security best practices.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, observability, incident management, and production troubleshooting.
- Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity principles.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps and automated security controls is preferred.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with application development, security, architecture, QA, and infrastructure teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent GCP certification.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, or equivalent OCI certification.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
- HashiCorp Terraform certification.
- Experience migrating workloads between on-premises environments, GCP, and OCI.
- Experience designing GCP-to-OCI connectivity and multi-cloud architectures.
- Experience with GitOps, platform engineering, and Kubernetes-based deployment patterns.
- Experience operating enterprise-scale, highly available production environments.
Skills Required
- 6-10+ years IT/DevOps/Cloud Engineering experience
- 4-6+ years hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Designing and operating multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments (GCP and OCI)
- Kubernetes administration and operations (GKE and/or OKE) and Docker
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including modules and remote state management
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation (Cloud Build, OCI DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD)
- Cloud networking fundamentals (VPC/VCN, subnets, routing, load balancers, VPNs, DNS, NAT, FastConnect/Cloud Interconnect)
- Cloud security, IAM, secrets management, encryption, and DevSecOps practices (GCP IAM, OCI IAM, Secret Manager, OCI Vault)
- Monitoring, logging, observability, and incident response (Google Cloud Operations Suite, OCI Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with container registries, image management, and vulnerability scanning
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and mentoring skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field
- Ansible
- Python scripting
- Argo CD and GitOps practices
- ELK / OpenSearch experience
- Relevant certifications (GCP Professional DevOps/Cloud Architect, OCI Architect/DevOps, CKA/CKAD, HashiCorp Terraform)
- Experience migrating workloads between on-premises, GCP, and OCI
Mattel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mattel and has not been reviewed or approved by Mattel.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Unlimited paid time off for many salaried roles, generous holiday schedules, and flexibility programs are highlighted across company materials. Practices like half‑day Fridays or end‑of‑year breaks appear in some areas, though specifics vary by team and location.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage is paired with an Employee Assistance Program, mindfulness tools, and on‑site fitness centers at key locations. Recent updates add a company‑paid at‑home cancer‑screening program for those enrolled in medical plans.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental & Family Support: Paid leave for new parents, phase‑back‑to‑work options, and global fertility and family‑building resources are emphasized. Select campuses offer on‑site childcare, and adoption assistance and caregiver support are included.
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We are a purpose driven company with a mission to create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain, and develop children through play. We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it. Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Monster High and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming and digital experiences, music, and live events. We operate in more than 35 locations and our products are sold in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Mattel is recognized for the second year in a row as a Great Place to Work™ and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2022.
