Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The hiring company is identified as Confidential. The Senior GCP Cloud Architect defines cloud architecture strategy and technical standards, and leads the design and delivery of secure, scalable, cost-efficient GCP solutions across enterprise programs.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks related to the development of seamless customer centric solutions. Defines, designs, and delivers cloud architecture for enterprise applications hosted or built natively on the cloud and integrating with on-premises systems
- Overseeing ACG cloud computing strategy including cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, cloud management, Cloud Security and monitoring
- Steer architecture strategy as technology evolves
- Act as subject matter expert on mainly on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and having knowledge on AWS is added advantage
- Define the conceptual, logical and physical design for cloud-based solutions
- Work with business units, application developers, security, and infrastructure engineers to design and build application components within GCP/AWS and other cloud providers
- Provide cross training and/or knowledge transfer to colleagues as necessary, particularly on GCP/AWS platforms
- Define end‑to‑end GCP architecture for enterprise programs
- Own cloud reference architectures, landing zones, and design standards
- Drive multi‑project, multi‑region, and hybrid architectures
- Evaluate and recommend GCP services aligned to business goals
- Act as final design authority for complex GCP solutions
- Architect and govern usage of:
- Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run
- VPC, Shared VPC, Load Balancers
- IAM, Org Policies, Service Accounts
- Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud Storage
- Define patterns for:
- High availability & disaster recovery
- Scalability and performance
- Cost optimization (FinOps)
- Design cloud security architecture based on zero trust and least privilege
- Define IAM models, network segmentation, and data protection
- Implement governance via:
- Org policies
- Policy‑as‑Code frameworks
- Support regulatory and compliance requirements (ISO, SOC, PCI, etc.)
- Partner with Security and Risk teams to create guardrails
- Define Terraform architecture and standards for enterprise IaC
- Review and approve IaC designs across teams
- Drive automation and CI/CD enablement
- Promote self‑service cloud platforms and golden paths
- Mentor the operation team
- Lead architecture reviews and design forums
- Influence engineering best practices across multiple teams
- Provide expert guidance during P1 incidents and escalations
- Engage with:
- Product and Engineering leadership
- Enterprise Architecture
- Security, Finance (FinOps), and Operations
- Translate business requirements into practical cloud architectures
- Support RFPs, estimates, and technical decision records (ADRs)
Skills
- 14–20 years overall IT experience
- 7+ years in Cloud Architecture
- 5+ years designing and leading solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Mathematics, or Engineering, or in the alternative, a combination of education, certifications and work experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Mathematics, or Engineering
- Multi‑cloud architecture exposure (AWS / GCP)
- Expert‑level knowledge of GCP & AWS architecture
- Networking (Shared VPC, hybrid connectivity)
- Security & IAM design
- Kubernetes & container platforms
- Deep experience with Terraform and IaC governance
- Experience architecting large‑scale production systems
- Strong understanding of cloud cost management
- Experience on DR failover
- Excellent architecture documentation and communication skills
- SRE or reliability engineering experience
- Policy as Code (OPA, Sentinel)
- Experience modernizing legacy/on‑prem systems to GCP
- Experience in regulated enterprise environments
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
- Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer
- Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer
- Terraform Associate (Preferred)?
Benefits
- Remote work in the United States
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