Senior GCP Cloud Engineer

About NTT DATA

At NTT DATA, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees have been key factors in our company's growth and market presence. By hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for NTT DATA and for the people who work here.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, provision, and manage production-grade AWS environments using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, VPC, IAM, AWS Organizations, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, and AWS Backup.
• Lead cloud migrations, application modernization, performance tuning, cost optimization (using AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer), and FinOps governance for state agency workloads.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK; build automated CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy.
• Design and enforce security controls: encryption (KMS, SSE), network segmentation (VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink), least-privilege IAM policies, identity federation, multi-account strategies, and centralized logging/monitoring aligned with CJIS Security Policy requirements.
• Support compliance for CJI-adjacent or sensitive Texas state data environments, including AWS GovCloud (US) where applicable, isolated VPCs, security groups/NACLs, AWS Organizations SCPs, audit logging, and artifact collection for TxRAMP, CJIS, and NIST-aligned audits.
• Provide advanced operational support: incident response, root cause analysis, patching/OS hardening, high-availability/multi-region disaster recovery (Route 53, Global Accelerator, Cross-Region Replication), and automated remediation.
• Partner with DIR PCM program team, Texas state agencies, and internal stakeholders to onboard new workloads, deliver managed services, and accelerate cloud adoption.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, security configuration standards, and compliance documentation; participate in security reviews, penetration testing, and regulatory assessments.
• Stay current with AWS service roadmap, AWS for Government capabilities, best practices, and evolving federal/state compliance requirements (CJIS Advisory Policy, TxRAMP, FedRAMP equivalency).

About NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA Services is a recognized leader in IT and business services, including cloud, data and applications, headquartered in Texas. As part of NTT DATA, a $30 billion trusted global innovator with a combined global reach of over 80 countries, we help clients transform through business and technology consulting, industry and digital solutions, applications development and management, managed edge-to-cloud infrastructure services, BPO, systems integration and global data centers. We are committed to our clients' long-term success. Visit nttdata.com or LinkedIn to learn more.

NTT DATA Services is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting hourly range for this remote role is ($60/Hr - $70/Hr).  This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life, and AD&D insurance, short-and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally required benefits.