We are seeking an execution-driven and technically seasoned Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), infrastructure automation, and security-first cloud architecture. As the primary GCP specialist within an experienced CloudOps team, you will partner closely with multi-cloud engineers while owning the design, operation, and evolution of our GCP environments. This role is ideal for someone with 5+ years of experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms in production, implementing scalable networking strategies, and hardening environments through thoughtful IAM and security controls. You will play a key role in building reliable, secure, and observable systems that support mission-critical workloads. This is a fully remote role (based in the US or Canada), with occasional travel (1–2 times per year) for in-person collaboration, covered by NMI. If you live near a company office, occasional in-person collaboration is encouraged.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure and Reliability: Design, implement, and operate production GCP infrastructure with high availability, scalability, and resilience
Ensure high reliability and performance of services, proactively resolving issues before customer impact
Participate in on-call rotations and drive post-incident reviews and blameless post-mortems
Collaborate with other engineers to ensure cross-cloud consistency in areas such as IAM philosophy, tagging, observability standards, Terraform patterns, and security controls.
IAM and Security Implementation: Design and maintain IAM strategies (least privilege, service accounts, role design, separation of duties)
Implement and operationalize security controls such as organization policies, audit logging, and key management
Partner with security teams to meet compliance requirements and improve cloud security posture
Networking Strategy and Architecture: Architect GCP networking patterns including VPCs, shared VPCs, firewall policies, routing, load balancing, and private service access
Drive secure connectivity patterns between services and environments (prod/non-prod), including hybrid connectivity where applicable
Troubleshoot complex network and connectivity issues across cloud services
Automation and Tooling: Lead automation initiatives for provisioning and operational tasks using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
Build and maintain tooling and standards for observability (metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerting)
Continuously improve developer experience through reusable modules, templates, and documentation
Data Platform Enablement (Preferred): Support and optimize cloud data services such as BigQuery and BigTable, including security, access patterns, and performance considerations
Collaborate with engineering and analytics stakeholders on scalable data workflows and governance
Qualifications and Experience
Required: 5+ years in cloud engineering, SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles with significant GCP experience Strong hands-on experience with GCP IAM, including service accounts, custom roles, and least privilege design Strong understanding of GCP networking, including VPC design, routing, firewalling, load balancing, and private connectivity patterns Experience implementing cloud security controls and best practices (logging, encryption, key management, policy guardrails) Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and automation (Terraform strongly preferred) and scripting (Python, Bash, or Go) Experience operating production environments with strong troubleshooting skills and an observability mindset
Preferred: Experience with BigQuery and Bigtable (security, access management, performance tuning, and operations) Experience with Kubernetes on GKE Familiarity with SIEM/SOAR tooling or cloud security posture management approaches Google Cloud certifications are a plus (Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Cloud Network Engineer, etc.) Experience in agile teams (Scrum, Kanban) and fast-moving scale-up environments Hands-on GitLab experience is a plus
Benefits
Annual salary of $125,000 - $160,000 + bonus A remote first culture! Flex PTO Health, Dental and Vision Insurance 13 Paid Holidays Company volunteer days
About NMI
NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We’re creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what’s possible so they can think about what’s next. But we’re not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. We’re all about enabling more payments in more ways and more places. We believe that having a diverse group of employees strengthens both our work and our workplace. We’re focused on making NMI more diverse...
