Google Cloud Platform Solution Architect

🚀 Hiring: Google Cloud Platform Solution Architect
📍 Location: Austin, TX (Onsite – 4 Days/Week)
💼 Experience: 14+ Years

We are looking for a highly experienced Google Cloud Platform Solution Architect to join our team and lead enterprise cloud architecture, modernization, and transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Terraform, Cloud Architecture, and Enterprise Cloud Solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

🔹 14+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture / Solution Architecture
🔹 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
🔹 Strong hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and containerized workloads
🔹 Strong expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
🔹 Experience designing secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud architectures
🔹 Experience leading enterprise cloud migration and modernization initiatives
🔹 Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
🔹 Experience with cloud governance, security, compliance, and operational frameworks

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform cloud architecture solutions
• Define cloud adoption strategy, target-state architecture, and modernization roadmaps
• Design and implement Google Cloud Platform landing zones, project hierarchy, IAM, networking, and governance models
• Architect solutions using GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Dataflow
• Design Kubernetes-based platforms and containerized application architectures
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
• Establish CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, and cloud engineering best practices
• Define security architecture using IAM, Organization Policies, Security Command Center, and Audit Logging
• Drive cloud migration strategies including Lift & Shift, Re-platforming, Refactoring, and Re-architecting
• Provide architecture guidance, design reviews, technical leadership, and mentorship

Technical Skills

☁️ Google Cloud Platform:
Google Cloud Platform Landing Zones, Resource Manager, Organizations, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Monitoring & Logging

🐳 Containers & Kubernetes:
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Kubernetes Architecture, Docker, Microservices, Container Orchestration, Application Modernization

⚙️ Infrastructure as Code:
Terraform (Mandatory), Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Cloud Provisioning Automation

🔐 Security & Governance:
Google Cloud IAM, Organization Policy Service, Security Command Center, Cloud Audit Logs, VPC Service Controls

🚀 DevOps & CI/CD:
Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, CI/CD Pipeline Design, DevOps Automation

🌐 Networking & Hybrid Cloud:
VPC Architecture, Firewall Rules, Cloud VPN, Cloud Interconnect, Hybrid Cloud Connectivity