Cloud TechLead Architect a venture between Thales and Google

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments institutions and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security aerospace and space cybersecurity and digital identity were driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania we are advancing innovation through software engineering research and development delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations to air traffic management systems satellite-based solutions tactical indoor simulations identity and biometric technologies and more.

... Linux Servers Mostly.

THE PROJECT

An industrial partnership between a global leader in cybersecurity and a global leader in cloud solutions.

Our ambition is to offer the best of both worlds!

Same Google Cloud power you know (VPC IAM Cloud DNS Cloud Logging Cloud Monitoring Cloud KMS and Secret Manager).

European jurisdiction. European operators. Thales-grade cybersecurity.

In the last 6 months alone the platform:
Achieved a world-first regulatory qualification - IaaS CaaS PaaS in a single decision
Named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year - Sovereign Cloud
Runs 3 data centres 10000 devices H100 GPU clusters in production
Serves European enterprises in energy banking healthcare defense

Your job: architect the Landing Zone every other workload on this platform is built on.

WHAT YOULL OWN

Design and deploy the Google Cloud Landing Zone from scratch
Org hierarchy shared VPC hybrid connectivity IAM at scale
Embed GDPR & sovereignty by design - data residency KMS encryption
VPC Service Controls protecting GKE clusters and AI/ML workloads
Build Terraform modules (state workspaces reusable patterns)
Automate with CI/CD policy-as-code (OPA / Sentinel)

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR

Must-have:
710 years in IT / infrastructure 3 years hands-on Google Cloud
Proven track record building Landing Zones from scratch in production
Mastery of the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem (GKE Cloud Build IAM) in critical infrastructure contexts.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Expert mastery of Terraform (modules state workspaces)
Strong networking
GDPR / security compliance understanding

Nice to have:
Regulated industry exposure (finance healthcare telecom)
GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification
Multi-cloud Landing Zones (AWS Azure)
GKE Vertex AI security

WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT

You architect the foundation not consult on someone elses.
You sit at the table with Google Cloud and Thales engineering.
Your code goes to production - the platform regulated industries actually run on.

WHAT YOU GET

Competitive package standard Thales benefits (private medical meal vouchers sport). Real engineering ownership in a Bucharest team architecting for European critical infrastructure.

SOUND LIKE YOU

If youve shipped Landing Zones in production treat Terraform modules like a craft and want a Bucharest-based architect role where the architecture actually ships - lets talk!

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At Thales were committed to fostering a workplace where respect trust collaboration and passion drive everything we do. Here youll feel empowered to bring your best self thrive in a supportive culture and love the work you do. Join us and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference for a safer greener and more inclusive world.