Cloud Platform Engineer Jobs in Atlanta, GA

OnTrac is hiring a Senior GCP Cloud Platform Engineer!

Are you eager to join a dynamic and expanding company where you can both learn and make a meaningful impact? If you possess a strong sense of empathy, enjoy assisting others, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and excel at problem-solving, we encourage you to apply today to connect with a recruiter!

Founded in 1986, OnTrac has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services in the U.S. for premier e-commerce and product-supply businesses, including five of the largest retailers in the U.S.

Location: This position may be performed remotely in states where the company is authorized to employ individuals.
Compensation: The expected starting base pay range for this position is $104,800. – $131,000. with full potential base salary range over a successful candidate’s tenure in the position of $104,800. – $157,200. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, internal equity, and other job-related factors.

Employment Logistics:
The Senior GCP Cloud Platform Engineer joins the IT Engineering team during a pivotal phase of the GCP journey. This role will partner closely with the development teams to support the cloud environment shift from manual-heavy operations to a fully automated infrastructure. This individual will help mature the CI/CD environment into a predictable, standardized ecosystem, and lead the effort to standardize Terraform and Ansible playbooks/modules and ensure infrastructure is resilient, scalable, and built on secure guardrails.

Unpacking the Benefits:
Employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and short- and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Flex vacation in states other than CA, CO, IL, MA, MT, and NE, with accruals up to 96 hours for first year of employment with tenure-based increases up to 160 hours
• Two (2) floating holidays per year
• Paid sick leave*
• Six (6) paid company holidays
• Two (2) weeks paid pregnancy disability leave, four (4) weeks paid parental bonding leave
• Additional wellness and employee assistance programs

Benefits eligibility and offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and company policies.

The Must-Haves:

• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, Systems Engineering, or Platform Operations
• Hands-on experience managing Google Cloud (GCP) environments, specifically Shared VPCs, IAM hierarchies, and Cloud SQL
• Strong Linux administration skills; a “Linux-first” troubleshooter comfortable at the command line when deployments fail
• Proven experience building and managing automated release flows in Azure DevOps (e.g., Pipelines/Releases/Boards)
• High proficiency with Terraform and Ansible, including organizing existing code into a professional, modular library
• Strong understanding of the “why” and “how” behind containerization, including evaluating when workloads should move to a managed container platform vs. staying on VMs
• Experience designing and managing auto-scaling compute environments and container orchestration to handle variable traffic without manual intervention
• Ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments

Your Mission in Motion:
A summary of key responsibilities for the role is outlined below. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to support business objectives.

• CI/CD maturity (Azure DevOps): Lead the transition from manual infrastructure management to a fully automated CI/CD lifecycle in Azure DevOps, bridging the current state to push-button deployments.
• Standardizing IaC (Terraform/Ansible): Own the Terraform and Ansible ecosystem to ensure changes are made through code, reducing manual tweaks and eliminating configuration drift.
• Technical mentorship & standards: Act as the senior voice with the engineering team to establish standards, share best practices, and guide decisions on adopting new tools.
• Compute & elasticity strategy: Help architect the next phase of infrastructure by moving services into modern, elastic environments that support high availability and self-healing.
• Containerization roadmap: Lead container strategy by selecting workloads ready for orchestration, setting image standards, and ensuring consistent deployment patterns.
• Reliability & monitoring + on-call: Define critical system health metrics with the team and participate in the on-call rotation to keep 24/7 delivery services operational and resilient.

Paving your way to your success:

• You lead the shift from manual work to automation by creating clear standards and driving consistent adoption across teams.
• You partner effectively with developers to unblock deployments, using strong troubleshooting judgment and a calm, systematic approach.
• You have the ability to understand application dependencies and troubleshoot build/deployment errors to unblock developers in mixed environments.
• You balance modernization decisions pragmatically, helping teams choose between containers and VMs based on what each workload needs.

Posting Timeline:
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for at least 15 days from the date of posting

Disclosures:

• Washington state employees are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid sick leave annually.

The salary range above represents the national range for this position. The salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at OnTrac, and the actual base salary offered may vary depending on several factors including, but not limited to: Geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, job-related skills and competencies, market alignment, and financial considerations.

Compensation decisions are made based on the specific circumstances of each hire to ensure fair and competitive pay.

If you are excited to be part of our team and grow with our OnTrac family, we invite you to apply!

OnTrac is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
Lasership, Inc. dba OnTrac Final Mile with its affiliates, including OnTrac Logistics, Inc. (collectively, "OnTrac" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, abilities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or age. Join us in our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are excited to be part of our team and contribute to our talent acquisition efforts, we invite you to apply.