We are seeking a Strategic Cloud Engineer to operate at the intersection of GCP FinOps (cost optimisation), Kubernetes platform engineering, operational excellence and agentic-AI-driven development.
This is a high-leverage engineering role responsible for optimising cloud spend, increasing platform reliability, and accelerating engineering output through automation and AI-assisted workflows. You will work across GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform and modern AI-assisted development environments. The environment is a high-scale, regulated, multi-product SaaS platform.
What you'll own
- GCP cost optimisation & FinOps — rightsizing, autoscaling and workload efficiency; cost-observability dashboards (Grafana / BigQuery / billing exports); partnering with engineering teams to architect cost-efficient solutions
- Kubernetes platform operations (GKE / multi-cluster) — cluster lifecycle, upgrades, node pools and scaling; ingress and domain routing; secrets, environment variables and service deployments; multi-tenant SaaS customer lifecycle events
- Infrastructure as code & automation — own and evolve Terraform provisioning; support and optimise GitLab CI/CD rollout pipelines; automate customer provisioning and environment configuration
- Platform services & observability — VictoriaMetrics, StatsD, Grafana, Google Cloud Monitoring, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Apache Airflow; troubleshooting distributed systems and production incidents
- Global operations & reliability — instance provisioning and decommissioning, domain mapping, infrastructure support across providers including Hetzner, and participation in an on-call rotation
- Agentic-AI engineering enablement — using AI-assisted tools (Cursor, OpenCode, multi-model AI development workflows) to accelerate infrastructure development, automate operational runbooks, and improve debugging of CI/CD pipelines and distributed systems
Core technical requirements
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform — GKE, Compute Engine, IAM, networking
- Proven experience with Terraform in production environments
- 3+ years managing production Kubernetes — cluster lifecycle and upgrades, ingress / reverse-proxy configuration, secrets and configuration management
- Demonstrated ability to optimise cloud spend in production — cost allocation and usage patterns, rightsizing and scaling strategies, and building cost-visibility dashboards
- GitLab CI/CD (preferred) or GitHub Actions, with the ability to debug pipelines and support release workflows
- Grafana / VictoriaMetrics / StatsD / Google Cloud Monitoring; Elasticsearch / OpenSearch; Apache Airflow / Airbyte / n8n
- Scripting in Python, Bash or similar
- Agentic AI development (required baseline) — working familiarity with AI-native IDEs such as Cursor and agent-based development environments, and the ability to use AI to generate, review and optimise infrastructure code
Nice to have
- Multi-cloud exposure (AWS / Azure)
- Experience in regulated environments (SOC 2, ISO)
- Exposure to European infrastructure providers (Hetzner)
- Experience building internal developer platforms (IDP)
Skills Required
- Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Compute Engine, IAM, networking)
- Proven experience with Terraform in production environments
- 3+ years managing production Kubernetes (cluster lifecycle, upgrades, ingress, secrets management)
- Demonstrated ability to optimise cloud spend in production (cost allocation, rightsizing, autoscaling)
- Experience building cost-observability dashboards (Grafana, BigQuery, billing exports)
- GitLab CI/CD (preferred) or GitHub Actions with pipeline debugging capability
- Experience with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, StatsD, Google Cloud Monitoring
- Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
- Experience with Apache Airflow, Airbyte or n8n
- Scripting in Python, Bash or similar
- Working familiarity with agentic AI development and AI-native IDEs (Cursor, OpenCode)
- Exposure to European infrastructure providers (Hetzner)
- Experience in regulated environments (SOC 2, ISO)
- Experience building internal developer platforms (IDP)
What We Do
Ontrac Solutions helps organizations adopt emerging technologies to scale smarter. We build GenAI platforms, predictive analytics solutions, and drive cloud adoption. We're also a HubSpot partner, supporting landing page design, website development, CRM integration, workflows, and automation. From infrastructure to marketing ops, we deliver strategy and execution that drives growth.
