GCP Architect

Job title: GCP Architect
Location: - Remote- must work CST time zone

Contract W2 (No C2C)

Top Skills:
1. GCP Admin
2. GCP
3. Terraform

Job summary:
The Sr Architect designs and implements secure and scalable cloud solutions using GCP and Terraform for a large multinational organization ensuring resilient infrastructure optimized performance and efficient cost management while working in a hybrid model and collaborating closely with cross functional teams to deliver high impact digital platforms.

Responsibilities :
-Design robust GCP architectures that align with enterprise standards while ensuring scalability reliability and cost efficiency for complex business critical applications.
-Develop reusable Terraform modules that standardize infrastructure provisioning and minimize configuration drift across multiple GCP environments and projects.
-Implement infrastructure as code practices that improve deployment consistency reduce manual errors and accelerate delivery of secure cloud platforms.
-Configure and manage GCP identity and access management policies that enforce least privilege principles and safeguard sensitive enterprise data assets.
-Optimize GCP resource utilization through detailed capacity planning rightsizing analysis and proactive monitoring to maintain performance and control operational costs.
-Collaborate with application teams to design target architectures that integrate networking compute storage and security controls in a cohesive GCP solution.
-Create clear technical documentation and architecture diagrams that guide engineering teams in implementing and supporting the designed GCP solutions.
-Coordinate with security and compliance partners to embed required controls logging and encryption standards into every Terraform based GCP deployment.
-Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues in GCP environments by analyzing logs metrics and configurations to restore services quickly and prevent recurrence.
-Guide teams in adopting DevOps practices that integrate Terraform workflows with version control code review and continuous integration pipelines.
-Conduct design and code reviews for Terraform configurations to ensure adherence to best practices internal standards and regulatory requirements.
-Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical GCP architectures that deliver measurable outcomes for customers and internal users.
-Mentor junior engineers on GCP concepts Terraform patterns and operational excellence so that the broader team can deliver consistent quality solutions.

Qualifications:
-Possess extensive hands on experience designing and operating production workloads on GCP including networking compute storage and managed services.
-Demonstrate strong proficiency with Terraform including module design state management workspaces and integration with continuous integration pipelines.
-Exhibit practical knowledge of GCP administration tasks such as organization setup project structure billing configuration and policy governance.
-Apply working understanding of security and compliance frameworks in cloud environments including identity management encryption controls and audit logging.
-Bring proven exposure to hybrid work models with effective remote collaboration using enterprise tooling and structured communication practices.
-Show familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions on GCP and related tools to maintain observability and proactively address performance issues.
-Display experience in migration or modernization initiatives where on premises or legacy workloads were transitioned into GCP using structured methodologies.
-Maintain awareness of emerging GCP services and Terraform ecosystem enhancements and apply relevant innovations to improve platform reliability and efficiency.

Additional Responsibilities:
Provide Standards/Best practices on Platform Usage
Cloud Architecture Reviews
Advanced Troubleshooting - Handle Escalations
Help Application Teams Deliver Value
Eliminate Developer Friction
Design for Consistency and Recoverability
Level Up Cloud Security
Standardizing Cloud Deployments
FinOps
Cloud Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resiliency
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Developer Empowerment & Productivity
Good knowledge on cloud networking

Google cloud products we mostly use:
Cloud run
GKE
IAM
Compute VMs
Load balancers
Memory stores
Log analysis
Cloud storage
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) - mandatory skill