GCP Cloud Architect

Issaquah, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation information technology and services

Position: GCP Cloud Architect

Location: Issaquah WA

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Description

Client 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:
Apigee API Management
Cloud Run GKE Compute Engine Pub/Sub BigQuery Cloud SQL
GCP Operations Suite for logging monitoring & incident response
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

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation information technology and services Position: GCP Cloud...