GCP Cloud Architect

Mandatory Areas
Must Have Skills GCP Cloud Architect
Skill 1 15 years in IT including strong customer-facing architecture and service delivery experience
Skill 2 6 Years of Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise applications to Google Cloud

Job Title: GCP Cloud Architect
Location: : Issaquah WA (Onsite)
Experience Level: 15 Years

Rate: $90-95/hr- Can go slightly higher for strong profiles.


UST Global is looking for a Google Cloud Application Architect to lead enterprise application migration from legacy/on-prem systems to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
This role will drive application modernization using Java C# APIs (Apigee) GitHub and CI/CD automation ensuring scalable secure and high-performance cloud-native architectures. As a Google Cloud Application Architect you will lead the architecture and technical strategy for migrating enterprise applications from legacy systems (on-prem / AS400 / traditional platforms) to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
You will design scalable secure and high-performance cloud-native application architectures while guiding modernization efforts using Java C# GitHub Apigee and CI/CD automation. You will act as a customer-facing cloud SME collaborating with internal engineering teams and business stakeholders to ensure seamless migration and optimized deployment on GCP.

Key Responsibilities
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on Google Cloud (GCP) services architecture patterns and migration strategy.
Should leverage Google Cloud technologies to design develop and manage robust secure scalable efficient cost-effective highly available and flexible solutions that drive business objectives.
Should be proficient in enterprise cloud strategy solution design workload migration approaches deployment and orchestration optimization and architectural best practices.
Familiarity with the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework is a key requirement for this role.
Lead the end-to-end migration of applications from legacy platforms to GCP including assessment design re-platforming and modernization.
Architect and design cloud-native and hybrid application solutions leveraging:
o Apigee API Management
o Cloud Run GKE Compute Engine Pub/Sub BigQuery Cloud SQL
o GCP Operations Suite for logging monitoring & incident response
o Cloud Interconnect / VPC networking
Build application modernization roadmaps using Java and C# ensuring best practices in microservices API-first design and distributed systems.
Develop and govern CI/CD pipelines using GitHub GitHub Actions Cloud Build Artifact Registry and DevOps automation best practices.
Present architecture recommendations and designs to customers and executives (CxOs Directors Engineering Leads).
Create high-quality technical content including architecture decks whitepapers solution diagrams and training recordings.
Provide technical training & enablement to internal teams (Solution Architects BDMs Engineering Product stakeholders).
Ensure GCP deployments meet security compliance reliability and cost-optimization standards.
Manage a dynamic pipeline of technical engagements requiring fast delivery and frequent re-prioritization.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Developers DevOps Infrastructure Product Business stakeholders).
Document solution blueprints migration strategies architecture standards and deployment runbooks.

Project Focus:
Legacy application migration to Google Cloud (GCP)
Application re-architecture using Java C# APIs containers
API-led connectivity using Apigee
CI/CD automation via GitHub and Cloud Build
Cloud-native deployment on Cloud Run & GKE
Enterprise security & observability using GCP Operations Suite

Required Qualifications
15 years in IT including strong customer-facing architecture and service delivery experience.
Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise applications to Google Cloud (GCP).
4 years in application architecture domains such as software development cloud computing distributed systems or infrastructure.
2 years of hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud solutions with GCP being the primary platform.
2 years in a customer-facing technical role (executive and engineering audiences).
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
Certified Google Professional Cloud Architect
Strong ability to translate business needs into technical architecture.

Must-Have Skills
GCP architecture & migration expertise
Java & C# coding (hands-on)
GitHub (PRs branching collaboration)
Apigee API Management
Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
CI/CD pipelines DevOps automation container-based deployments (Cloud Run GKE)
IAM encryption load balancing and enterprise networking (VPC Cloud Interconnect)
Good to Have
Azure Cloud knowledge
Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF etc.)
Experience
12 years in IT including cloud application architecture and large-scale migration projects
Strong communication with business and engineering stakeholders