New York Life Insurance Company · 5 hours ago
Corporate Vice President - GCP Lead Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $211K/yr
8+ years expNew York Life Insurance Company is seeking an experienced GCP Lead Engineer to drive enterprise-scale cloud architecture and modernization across their Google Cloud Platform environment. This role involves leading the design and implementation of cloud solutions, establishing engineering standards, and providing technical leadership to teams.
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Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of enterprise‑grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform
Develop and maintain cloud reference architectures and engineering standards aligned with NYL’s security and regulatory requirements
Architect resilient, scalable, secure, cloud‑native applications
Lead migration and modernization efforts, including re‑platforming and application transformation
Act as the technical lead for cross-team GCP projects
Conduct architecture reviews, provide the best engineering practices, and guide solution design
Provide mentorship to engineers working within application, infrastructure, and platform teams
Act as the escalation point for complex cloud and infrastructure issues
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Harness, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent
Automate deployment, provisioning, monitoring, and operational workflows
Drive adoption of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
Ensure all solutions meet New York Life’s standards for security, privacy, and regulatory compliance
Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and key‑management best practices
Partner with enterprise security, risk, and compliance teams
Establish and enforce guardrails for cost management and governance
Lead the implementation and optimization of GCP services, including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
Enhance observability through Cloud Monitoring and Logging
Optimize performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across environments
Partner with product teams, architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions
Contribute to cloud roadmaps, modernization strategies, and technology evaluations
Support proofs‑of‑concept and the adoption of emerging cloud capabilities
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
8+ years of software, cloud, or infrastructure engineering experience
4+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures
Expertise in: GCP core services and networking, Kubernetes (GKE) and containerization, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), Python, Java, Go, or similar programming languages
Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Able to influence both technology and business teams
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Strategic thinker with a willingness to remain hands-on
Alignment with New York Life's values of integrity, humanity, and financial strength
Preferred
GCP Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Data Engineer)
Experience in regulated industries such as insurance, financial services, or healthcare
Strong background in security, identity management, and compliance frameworks
Experience working in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
Knowledge of SRE, observability, and reliability engineering
Benefits
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Company
New York Life Insurance Company
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