| Position Title | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Solution Architect - Pre Sales |
| Location | New Jersey or Santa Clara |
| Hybrid working | Hybrid |
| Employment Type | Fulltime |
| Rate/Salary | $150K-$170K Base salary (Negotiable) |
| Job Description |
| Key Responsibilities Strategic Consulting and Solution Architecture - Cloud Modernization Strategy: Partner with clients to understand their current application portfolio business drivers and technical challenges formulating a comprehensive multi-phased strategy for application migration refactoring and cloud-native development on GCP.
- Solution Design: Design and architect robust scalable and secure GCP solutions that address specific customer requirements leveraging services such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cloud Run Cloud Functions Anthos and relevant CI/CD tools (e.g. Cloud Build Tekton GitLab).
- Value Proposition: Clearly articulate the technical and business value of modernization efforts on GCP including TCO analysis performance gains operational efficiency and innovation velocity.
- Hands-on POCs and Pilots: Lead and execute high-impact Proofs of Concept (POCs) and pilot engagements. This includes hands-on deployment configuration and demonstration of modern application patterns (e.g. microservices serverless) and migration tools within the GCP environment.
- Whiteboarding and Workshops: Conduct detailed technical whiteboarding sessions and workshops with customer engineering teams architects and IT leadership to co-create modernization roadmaps and validate technical designs.
- Technical Authority: Act as the primary GCP and application modernization subject matter expert throughout the sales cycle addressing technical deep dives security reviews and architectural questions.
Collaboration and Sales Enablement - Sales Alignment: Collaborate closely with the Sales and Account Management teams to qualify opportunities develop winning proposals and present compelling technical solutions that align with the customers strategic goals.
- Feedback Loop: Capture and relay customer feedback market trends and technical requirements to the Product and Engineering teams to influence the future development of solutions and services.
- Content Creation: Develop and maintain technical collateral including reference architectures solution guides presentations and demos for internal and external use.
Required Qualifications - Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a technical pre-sales solution architecture or consulting role with at least 3 years focused specifically on cloud architecture (GCP preferred) and application modernization.
- GCP Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with core Google Cloud Platform services specifically:
- Containers & Orchestration: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Docker.
- Serverless Computing: Cloud Run Cloud Functions App Engine.
- CI/CD & DevOps: Cloud Build Cloud Deploy Artifact Registry Jenkins or similar tools.
- Networking and Security: VPC Load Balancing Cloud Armor IAM.
- Application Expertise: Strong understanding of modern application development principles microservices architecture twelve-factor app methodology and API management.
- Hands-on Capability: Proven ability to rapidly prototype configure and demonstrate complex technical solutions in a customer-facing environment (essential for POC/Pilot execution).
- Communication: Exceptional verbal written and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audiences.
- Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Certifications (Preferred): Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Google Cloud Professional Developer/DevOps Engineer.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Anthos for hybrid and multi-cloud modernization.
- Familiarity with competing cloud platforms (AWS Azure) and cross-platform migration strategies.
- Experience with Data Modernization concepts (e.g. BigQuery Cloud SQL) as they relate to application modernization.
- Prior experience defining ROI and TCO models for cloud migration and modernization projects.
- Consulting background with experience leading large-scale enterprise transformation projects.
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Position Title Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Solution Architect - Pre Sales Location New Jersey or Santa Clara Hybrid working Hybrid Employment Type Fulltime Rate/Salary $150K-$170K Base salary (Negotiable) Job Description Key Responsibilities Strategic Consult...
| Position Title | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Solution Architect - Pre Sales |
| Location | New Jersey or Santa Clara |
| Hybrid working | Hybrid |
| Employment Type | Fulltime |
| Rate/Salary | $150K-$170K Base salary (Negotiable) |
| Job Description |
| Key Responsibilities Strategic Consulting and Solution Architecture - Cloud Modernization Strategy: Partner with clients to understand their current application portfolio business drivers and technical challenges formulating a comprehensive multi-phased strategy for application migration refactoring and cloud-native development on GCP.
- Solution Design: Design and architect robust scalable and secure GCP solutions that address specific customer requirements leveraging services such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cloud Run Cloud Functions Anthos and relevant CI/CD tools (e.g. Cloud Build Tekton GitLab).
- Value Proposition: Clearly articulate the technical and business value of modernization efforts on GCP including TCO analysis performance gains operational efficiency and innovation velocity.
- Hands-on POCs and Pilots: Lead and execute high-impact Proofs of Concept (POCs) and pilot engagements. This includes hands-on deployment configuration and demonstration of modern application patterns (e.g. microservices serverless) and migration tools within the GCP environment.
- Whiteboarding and Workshops: Conduct detailed technical whiteboarding sessions and workshops with customer engineering teams architects and IT leadership to co-create modernization roadmaps and validate technical designs.
- Technical Authority: Act as the primary GCP and application modernization subject matter expert throughout the sales cycle addressing technical deep dives security reviews and architectural questions.
Collaboration and Sales Enablement - Sales Alignment: Collaborate closely with the Sales and Account Management teams to qualify opportunities develop winning proposals and present compelling technical solutions that align with the customers strategic goals.
- Feedback Loop: Capture and relay customer feedback market trends and technical requirements to the Product and Engineering teams to influence the future development of solutions and services.
- Content Creation: Develop and maintain technical collateral including reference architectures solution guides presentations and demos for internal and external use.
Required Qualifications - Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a technical pre-sales solution architecture or consulting role with at least 3 years focused specifically on cloud architecture (GCP preferred) and application modernization.
- GCP Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with core Google Cloud Platform services specifically:
- Containers & Orchestration: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Docker.
- Serverless Computing: Cloud Run Cloud Functions App Engine.
- CI/CD & DevOps: Cloud Build Cloud Deploy Artifact Registry Jenkins or similar tools.
- Networking and Security: VPC Load Balancing Cloud Armor IAM.
- Application Expertise: Strong understanding of modern application development principles microservices architecture twelve-factor app methodology and API management.
- Hands-on Capability: Proven ability to rapidly prototype configure and demonstrate complex technical solutions in a customer-facing environment (essential for POC/Pilot execution).
- Communication: Exceptional verbal written and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audiences.
- Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Certifications (Preferred): Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Google Cloud Professional Developer/DevOps Engineer.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Anthos for hybrid and multi-cloud modernization.
- Familiarity with competing cloud platforms (AWS Azure) and cross-platform migration strategies.
- Experience with Data Modernization concepts (e.g. BigQuery Cloud SQL) as they relate to application modernization.
- Prior experience defining ROI and TCO models for cloud migration and modernization projects.
- Consulting background with experience leading large-scale enterprise transformation projects.
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