Senior Cloud Engineer

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Job Summary:

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and secure cloud infrastructure to support enterprise applications and services. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including developers, DevOps, and security professionals to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance across cloud environments. A key part of your role will involve administering and enhancing IAM policies and frameworks to safeguard access to cloud resources. You will also lead initiatives to automate infrastructure provisioning and enforcing security best practices, while mentoring junior engineers and promoting a culture of operational excellence.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain and Manage IAM administration in Google Cloud Platform
• Develop and enforce cloud governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Design and document standardized processes and procedures to ensure efficient operation of compute, storage, and network cloud environments.
• Administer and maintain the compute infrastructure, user access, and performance optimization of enterprise visualization tools including Power BI, Tableau, and SAP BusinessObjects.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and compliance across cloud environments.
• Apply FinOps practices to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud spend, ensuring cost-effective use of GCP services.
• Drive a data engineering strategy focused on delivering data in near real-time using serverless technologies
• Lead the integration track of various strategic projects
• Familiar with tools such as Python, SAP Data Services, DataFlow, DataStream, Google Cloud Functions, Spark, Google Cloud Run, SAP SLT, Google Pub Sub, and terraform.
• Leverage DevOps and CI/CD practices to ensure the reliability and scalability of data pipelines
• Administer and optimize Compute Engine VMs, including provisioning, patching, monitoring, and performance tuning.

Education:

Requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited university with a focus on math, statistics, computer science, information technology

Experience and Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - this is a mandatory requirement.
• Requires 7+ years of experience in a Cloud Engineering role
• Strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform-IAM administration
• Expert using languages such as Python, Java, or Spark
• Experience with cloud cost management and FinOps practices
• Expertise with DevOps and deploying and maintaining CI CD pipelines
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools.
• Expert in Google Cloud Platform: BigQuery, DataFlow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms such as AWS, Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry Administration
• Experience with visualization tools: PowerBi, Tableau and Business Objects
• Experience working in Agile development environments: including sprint planning, stand-ups, and delivery of cloud-based solutions.
• Experience withVM management, compute services, and networking in GCP.

We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you

• Competitive pay
• Paid training
• Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
• Transit subsidies
• Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
• Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
• Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution

Job Type:Full Time
Posting Start Date: 09/18/2025
Posting End Date: 10/10/2025

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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