GCP Architect Job Description Template

We are seeking an experienced GCP Architect to take charge of the maintenance and management of our company’s cloud computing strategy. The primary responsibility of this role will be building and overseeing cloud systems, including servers, storage, and network infrastructure. The GCP Architect will collaborate closely with IT teams across the organization to enhance and optimize our cloud infrastructure performance. If you are a proactive cloud architect who is passionate about the latest technology, we invite you to apply and be a part of our growing success. 

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Create a well-informed cloud strategy and maintain the adaptation process
• Evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software
• Identify the best cloud architecture solutions to meet the company’s needs and business requirements
• Lead the adoption of new cloud technologies and establish best practices for them
• Design cloud infrastructures running in 24/7 environments
• Design and implement IaaS and PaaS solutions
• Develop enterprise cloud guidelines and automations
• Oversee all aspects of the GCP environment, including provisioning, scaling, monitoring, and security
• Develop and organize cloud systems
• Implement systems, solutions, and processes to manage cloud costs, scalability, redundancy, and continuous validation
• Manage and monitor cloud-based applications and services
• Collaborate with IT security to monitor cloud privacy 
• Collaborate with architecture, DevOps, data, and integration teams to ensure best practices are followed throughout cloud adoption
• Respond to technical issues
• Provide thought leadership related to GCP and cloud infrastructure

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture or systems engineering
• Experience with identity management and networking segmentation across multiple VPC networks and projects
• Experience leading large-scale network migrations to GCP
• Experience establishing technical strategy and architecture at the enterprise level
• Experience with one or more third-party networking products
• Experience leading GCP Cloud project delivery
• Experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Terraform
• Expertise in GCP services
• Knowledge of security, identity, and access management
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP/IP and HTTP/S
• Knowledge of network security design including segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring
• Knowledge of network topologies, load balancing, and segmentation
• Knowledge of programming languages including Python, Ruby, and JavaScript
• Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills 

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect certification