Google Cloud Platform Architect

Job Title: Google Cloud Platform Architect Identity, Network & Policy
Function: Architecture
Primary Skillset: Google Cloud Platform Identity, Network, Policy
Secondary Skillset: IAM, Networking, CI/CD, SRE

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled Google Cloud Platform Architect to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and policy-compliant cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform. The role requires strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform Identity, Networking, and Policy Management, along with working knowledge of IAM, CI/CD, and SRE practices. The candidate will be responsible for defining cloud architecture standards, implementing governance guardrails, and enabling secure and reliable cloud adoption across enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Google Cloud Platform architecture with focus on identity, networking, and organization-level policy controls.
• Define and manage IAM strategy, including roles, permissions, service accounts, and least-privilege access models.
• Architect secure and scalable network solutions including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, load balancers, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
• Establish and enforce cloud governance using Google Cloud Platform policies, standards, and security best practices.
• Develop and support landing zone architecture for multi-project and multi-environment Google Cloud Platform setups.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure compliant and secure cloud deployments.
• Enable CI/CD integration for infrastructure and application deployment with appropriate policy and security checks.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption for automated, repeatable, and auditable provisioning of Google Cloud Platform resources.
• Support SRE practices by improving observability, reliability, incident response, and operational resilience.
• Review cloud environments for IAM, network, and policy gaps and recommend remediation actions.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud issues related to identity, connectivity, deployment automation, and platform stability.
• Create and maintain architecture documents, standards, runbooks, and implementation guidance for delivery teams and vendors.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) architecture and services.
• Expertise in Google Cloud Platform Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform Networking including VPC, subnetting, firewall, VPN, interconnect, DNS, and load balancing.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform Organization Policies, governance controls, and cloud security frameworks.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation in cloud environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud provisioning best practices.
• Good understanding of SRE principles, monitoring, alerting, reliability, and incident management.
• Ability to work across architecture, security, operations, and engineering teams.

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