DevOps Engineer

Trident Consulting is seeking a "DevOps/AI Platform Engineer GCP" for one of our client. A global leader in business and technology services.

Role : DevOps/AI Platform Engineer GCP

Location : Tempe, AZ Onsite

Type: Only W2

Experience: 10+ years only

Role Purpose: Build and operate a secure, automated Google Cloud engineering platform that enables rapid movement of Gemini/Vertex AI solutions from experimentation into production.

Key Responsibilities

· Build CI/CD and infrastructure automation on GCP for AI applications, APIs, models/configurations, and cloud services.

· Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.

· Establish deployment pipelines and environment management across development, test, staging, and production.

· Support deployment and operationalization of applications consuming Vertex AI and Gemini services.

· Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, AI/application observability, and operational dashboards using GCP-native capabilities where appropriate.

· Implement secure identity, secrets/configuration management, IAM, networking, and access patterns in collaboration with security teams.

· Enable automated testing, release management, rollback, and production support.

· Continuously optimize platform reliability, scalability, engineering productivity, and GCP consumption.

Preferred Profile: Strong GCP, CI/CD, Terraform, containers/Kubernetes and observability experience; practical MLOps/LLMOps and Vertex AI deployment experience highly desirable.

About Trident Consulting:

Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we have partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.