GCP Architect (CaaS)
Job Summary
Role/Title: GCP Architect Containers as a Service (CaaS)
Experience: 712 years
Career Band - B3
Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Pune
Role Overview
The GCP Architect (CaaS) is responsible for designing implementing and operating enterprise-grade container platforms on Google Cloud Platform with a primary focus on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
This role drives container platform architecture DevOps enablement networking and security design Kubernetes management tooling observability and FinOps-aligned cost governance enabling secure scalable and cost-efficient containerized workloads across customer accounts.
The role is hands-on working closely with application DevOps and operations teams to onboard and run production workloads on GKE.
Mandatory Technical Skills
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) administration and architecture
Containers: Docker and container lifecycle management
Kubernetes: workload deployment scaling and cluster operations
K8s Management Tools: Helm (mandatory); service mesh exposure is a plus (e.g. Anthos Service Mesh / Istio)
IaC / Automation: Terraform; configuration orchestration using Ansible Tower
DevOps / CI-CD: Google Cloud DevOps practices and pipeline automation
Networking & Security: VPC/IAM-based secure container platform design
Monitoring & Alerts: GCP Cloud Operations (Stackdriver) patterns
FinOps: cost optimization mindset for GCP workloads
Good-to-Have Skills
Kubernetes policy enforcement and container security tooling
Python/Shell scripting for automation and troubleshooting
Platform engineering / SRE operating model exposure
Preferred Certifications
Google Professional Cloud Architect
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Terraform Associate
Required Experience:
Staff IC
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