GCP Cloud Architect

About This Role

Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role requires deep technical expertise in GCP services, cloud migrations, and building scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud architecture solutions leveraging GCP services such as Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, and Kubernetes Engine
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable and secure cloud designs
• Define architecture blueprints, best practices, and cloud standards for deployment
• Assess existing systems, workloads, and data to determine cloud migration strategies
• Design migration plans for applications, data, and infrastructure to GCP
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Deployment Manager, or Ansible
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage for performance and cost-efficiency
• Implement solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and auto-scaling
• Design cloud architectures with a strong focus on security and regulatory compliance

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services
• Strong understanding of cloud networking (VPC, VPN, Interconnect, DNS)
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Deployment Manager
• Experience in designing and implementing microservices architectures and containerized workloads
• Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid solutions
• Expertise in cloud migration strategies for workloads and data
• Migration experience to GCP cloud, creating blueprints & best practices
• Architecture & Design for Data BigQuery, DataFlow, Cloud Pub/Sub
• Experience on Data Governance & industry regulations
• In-depth knowledge of core GCP services such as IAM, GKE, cloud Storage, Networking
• Hands-on knowledge on IaaC build using Terraform and DevOps principles

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid solutions. Expertise in cloud migration strategies for workloads and data.

Nice to Have

• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and tools like Jenkins or GitOps
• Knowledge of AI/ML services on GCP (Vertex AI, AutoML)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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