Senior Cloud Engineer

Fincons Group, a multinational IT consulting firm with more than 2,600 staff across Europe and the United States, helps leading enterprises shape their digital future through services that span research, design, system integration and ongoing application management. In its Lugano office the company is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer who will bring deep practical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform to support clients’ transformation journeys. The daily work revolves around constructing and automating cloud environments on GCP using Terraform, as well as deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine. The engineer will write automation scripts in Python, Bash and Ansible, set up and sustain CI/CD pipelines, and handle identity, access and security configurations, certificates and secret management. Monitoring platform health, resolving incidents, performing root‑cause analysis and collaborating within Agile/Scrum squads and Git‑based development flows are also core tasks. Applicants must have at least five years of experience in cloud, DevOps or systems engineering, with proven competence in GCP components such as GKE, IAM, VPC and Compute Engine. Mastery of Terraform, Git, Docker and Kubernetes, together with strong Python and Bash scripting abilities, is required. Experience in Agile environments is essential, and the role expects familiarity with the tools and practices listed in the description. Additional assets include knowledge of Jenkins, Ansible, Microsoft Azure, and monitoring solutions like Splunk, Prometheus or Grafana, as well as background in banking or other regulated sectors. The position is based in Canton Ticino or nearby Italian border towns, with limited work‑from‑home options according to the client’s policy, and the company emphasizes a family‑oriented culture where every contribution matters.