Job Position Title: GCP Architect
Job Location: Tarrytown NY / Sleepy Hollow NY
Job Type: Contract
Role Summary:
We are seeking a seasoned Senior GCP Cloud Architect to join our team onsite in New this role you will drive the design implementation and governance of scalable secure and observable multi cloud solutions. You will engage directly with clients lead technical presentations and partner with cross functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade architectures across public cloud private cloud and hybrid environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end to end architecture design and delivery of multi cloud solutions (AWS GCP Azure on prem)
- Architect and implement Anthos Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) and a unified Enterprise K8s platform (CaaS)
- Define and enforce SSDLC (Secure Software Development Lifecycle) and DevOps processes integrating security and compliance controls
- Design and implement Terraform Enterprise strategies for modular reusable IaC at scale
- Establish observability frameworks: metrics logs traces (Prometheus Grafana Loki Jaeger Dynatrace Splunk)
- Design robust network security backup and disaster recovery architectures across clouds
- Facilitate client workshops gather requirements and present solution designs and roadmaps
- Collaborate with engineering security and operations teams to ensure seamless implementation and handoff
- Mentor and guide junior architects and engineers in best practices and design patterns
- Willingness to travel to client offices and work onsite both as an individual contributor and as a team lead collaborating closely with team members
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 10 years of experience in cloud architecture and engineering
- 5 years hands on with Kubernetes (design operations scaling)
- Deep expertise in Anthos and hybrid cloud orchestration
- Proven experience designing and implementing Terraform Enterprise for large portfolios
- Strong background in DevOps tooling CI/CD pipelines and SSDLC integration
- Expertise in observability solutions: Prometheus/Grafana Dynatrace Splunk distributed tracing
- Solid understanding of networking (VPC VPN load balancing) and cloud security (IAM encryption WAF zero trust)
- Experience with multi cloud backup and disaster recovery strategies
- Excellent client facing skills: workshops presentations executive briefings
- Strong communication collaboration and leadership abilities
Preferred Skills:
- Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Familiarity with Service Mesh (Istio Linkerd) and API Gateway patterns
- Experience with enterprise GitOps (Argo CD Flux) and policy-as-code (OPA Gatekeeper)
- Understanding of FinOps and cost optimization practices
- Prior experience in highly regulated industries (finance healthcare government)