Senior DevOps Engineer (GCP | Kubernetes | GitOps | Security)

About Lean Impeccable:

Lean Impeccable is building scalable, secure, and high-performance products with a strong focus on reliability and compliance. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who will own our cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and security posture while playing a key role in making our platformSOC2 compliant .

Role Overview

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, securing, and scaling our infrastructure onGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) . You will work closely with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance across our systems using modernGitOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure onGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)

Deploy, manage, and optimizeKubernetes (GKE) clusters for production workloads

Implement and manageGitOps-based deployments using ArgoCD

Build, maintain, and optimizeCI/CD pipelines using CircleCI and GitHub Actions

ImplementInfrastructure as Code (IaC) usingTerraform

Own cloudnetworking architecture , including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, firewalls, and VPNs

Implement and enforcesecurity best practices across infrastructure and applications

Lead initiatives to achieve and maintainSOC 2 compliance , including control implementation and evidence collection

Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response mechanisms

Optimize infrastructure forcost, performance, and reliability

Manage secrets, IAM policies, and access controls following the principle of least privilege

Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment workflows, observability, and operational excellence

Create and maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, CI/CD, GitOps workflows, and security controls

Required Skills & Qualifications:

5 to 7 years of hands-on experience as aDevOps / Platform / Site Reliability Engineer

Strong experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)

Deep hands-on expertise withKubernetes (GKE preferred)

Strong experience implementingGitOps using ArgoCD

Hands-on experience withTerraform for Infrastructure as Code

Hands-on experience withCircleCI and GitHub Actions

Solid understanding ofcloud networking concepts (VPC, DNS, load balancing, routing, firewalls)

Strong experience withcloud and container security practices

Experience working on or drivingSOC 2 compliance (or similar frameworks like ISO 27001)

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, GCP Cloud Monitoring, etc.)

Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar)

Good to Have:

Experience with Kubernetes security (RBAC, Network Policies, Pod Security Standards)

Experience with compliance audits and working directly with auditors

Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup strategies, and high availability architectures

Exposure to SRE practices and reliability engineering

Experience in SaaS or high-scale production environments