Principal Architect Google Cloud (GCP)

Principal Architect: Google Cloud (GCP)

Location: London (Hybrid) Practice Area: Technology & Engineering Type: Permanent

Shape and lead transformative Google Cloud initiatives across financial services.

About Capco

Capco is a global leader in technology and business consulting dedicated to driving digital innovation and transformation in financial services. Weve partnered with over 100 clients worldwide - from pioneering fintechs to established global institutions - helping them adapt compete and scale in a rapidly evolving industry. With more than 30 offices globally we combine deep expertise in banking payments capital markets insurance wealth and asset management and energy with an agile inclusive and entrepreneurial culture.

Role Overview

Through your deep Google Cloud (GCP) expertise you will act as a technical authority and trusted strategic advisor on some of our clients most complex and transformational initiatives. On the one hand you will support established financial services firms through their cloud adoption and modernisation journeys; on the other you will shape new-to-market cloud-native platforms and capabilities. You will set architectural direction while remaining hands-on designing scalable and resilient Google Cloud architectures that deliver long-term measurable business outcomes.

You will guide multi-disciplinary teams to bring your designs to life through fast-paced agile delivery working closely with senior stakeholders and platform teams. You will mentor junior talent contribute to pre-sales and bid activities and help cultivate a culture of technical excellence within our Technology and Engineering Practice.

Required Experience

To succeed in this role you should have proven experience in:

• Leading solution and enterprise architecture for significant Google Cloud initiatives supported by at least foundational certification.
• Advising senior leadership on cloud strategy adoption migration and modernisation including influencing high-level technology and investment decisions.
• Domainexpertiseinfinancialservicesorsimilarlyregulatedsectors.
• Designing distributed microservices architectures with zero-trust leveraging Google Cloud services such as GKE Cloud Functions and Pub/Sub.
• Architecting secure integrations across multi-cloud platforms legacy systems and third-party providers using APIs gateways and BFF patterns while effectively managing legacy platform constraints.
• Leading and mentoring cross-functional technical teams within agile delivery models and modern engineering practices (e.g. SAFe and DevOps).
• Applying recognised architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF Zachman Domain-Driven Design or NIST).

While not mandatory experience in the following areas is beneficial:

• Senior or managerial-level consulting experience.
• Holding advanced Google Cloud professional certifications or recognised architecture qualifications such as TOGAF.
• Leading technical pre-sales proposal development and commercial estimation for major cloud transformation programmes.
• Architecting data and AI platforms using Google Cloud services such as BigQuery Vertex AI and generative AI.
• Designing landing zones organisational structures and secure network topologies including Cloud IAM multi-region architectures and security guardrails.
• Designing building and launching greenfield cloud-native ventures for digital-first organisations.

Why Join Capco

At Capco youll be part of a collaborative entrepreneurial and inclusive culture working with Tier 1 financial services enterprises on impactful and enriching projects. We offer a competitive people-first benefits package to support your growth as both a technologist and a consultant.

Our benefits include:

• Core benefits: discretionary bonus competitive pension health and dental insurance life insurance and critical illness cover.
• Mental health: access to CareFirst Unmind Aviva consultations and in-house first aiders.
• Family-friendly: maternity adoption shared parental leave plus paid leave for sickness pregnancy loss fertility treatment menopause and bereavement.
• Family care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
• Holiday flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell days.
• Continuous learning: minimum 40 hours of annual training including workshops certifications e-learning and ongoing business coaching.
• Extra perks: Gympass (Wellhub) travel insurance Tastecard season ticket loans and Cycle to Work scheme.

Inclusion at Capco
Were committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward. If you need adjustments at any stage please let us know. We value each persons unique perspective and contribution. At Capco we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaborationa mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.

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