_{09th October, 2025}

Cloud Operations Specialist #1038435
Job Description:

• Our team, focused on Cloud Data Messaging Services that provide platform services to modern scalable, decoupled, and resilient cloud-native applications. Currently, Cloud Data Messages Services leverage technologies like GCP PubSub and Confluent Kafka Cloud.
• This position Cloud Data Messaging Services Specialist for GCP PubSub and Confluent Kafka Cloud requires abreast of the continual evolution of cloud data messaging technologies and understanding how GCP messaging services like Pub/Sub, alongside Kafka, integrate with other native services like Cloud Run, Dataflow, etc., within the new Standard app hosting environment to meet customer needs.
• Develop, Improve and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Providing highly scalable and available infrastructures.
• Implement and enhance SRE practices.
• Develop, integrate and enhance automations for the services and its management.
• Enabling real-time data processing and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with many application DevOps teams, as well as product vendors.
• Develop automated processes to simplify the adoption and improve experiences for application development teams.
• Identify opportunities for adopting new data streaming technologies and patterns to solve existing needs and anticipate future challenges.
• Create and maintain Terraform modules and documentation for provisioning and managing Pub/Sub topics/subscriptions, Kafka clusters, and related networking configurations, often with a paired partner.
• Improve continuous integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery pipeline for messaging applications and enhancing quality gates based on past learnings.
• Monitor application logs, metrics, and alerts to proactively identify and resolve issues in cloud resources and infrastructure, ensuring high uptime and optimal performance.
• Ensure cloud systems are configured correctly, run efficiently and remain secure against potential threats. Ensure the availability and reliability of cloud services on public and private cloud platforms through proactive monitoring and incident response.
• Own and drive end to end technical resolution of critical incidents which might need involvement from multiple parties and ensures the right collaboration and communication.
• Implement disaster recovery and backup strategies to protect critical data and configurations and perform periodic full-scale tests to verify plans and make improvements.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and maintain clear and up-to-date documentation for cloud infrastructure and procedures.
• Recommend solutions to improve availability, performance, incident resolution, observability and supportability.

 
Skills Required:

• GCP Cloud Run
• Automation
• Authentication
• GCP
• Dynatrace
• Tekton
• Java
• Active Directory
• Python
• Apache Kafka

 
Experience Required:
Specialist

• 5 years of experience in IT Operations, and with Infrastructure Automation / DevOps.
• 2 years of experience utilizing cloud Data Messaging services (GCP PubSub, Confluent Kafka).
• 2 years of experience in any Public Clouds or On-Prem Cloud Services Automation and launching Infrastructure or application services.
• 2 years of experience in Terraform IaC.
• 2 years of experience in Python or PowerShell or Bash Shell Scripting
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Cloud Build or RedHat Tekton
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management
• Experience in authentication and authorization services like Oauth2, AD, LDAP, ADFS, SSL.
• Familiarity with networking (NAT, firewalls, basic routing, load balancing, etc.)
• SRE principles, monitoring tools and integration (Grafana, Dynatrace)
• Open to being on call for weekends and after hours
• Must be highly organized and detail-oriented
• Successful at working in a team culture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem solving and Analytical/Reasoning skills

 
Experience Preferred:
Additional Skills Preferred:

• Experience with code-level troubleshooting with Java, Sprint, NodeJS, or similar language a plus
• Experience with Chatbot development
• Experience with Agentic AI, ADK, MCP

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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AI & Hiring Disclosure
We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.
All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.
If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.
Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.
To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.
 

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