Principal Architect: GCP Cloud
United StatesFull-TimePrincipal
Salary140,301 - 220,473 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Required Skills
- GCPTerraformNetworking
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or technical consulting roles.
- Expert-level knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services, including compute, networking, security, and identity and access management.
- Strong experience designing multi-region, enterprise-scale cloud environments with a focus on security and compliance.
- Proven track record in client-facing advisory roles, including engagement with executive (CXO-level) stakeholders.
- Experience supporting complex pre-sales cycles, solution design, and technical win strategies.
- Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and automated cloud deployment practices.
- Google Cloud certifications (Professional Cloud Architect and/or Professional Cloud Security Engineer) strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills in cross-functional environments.
- Ability to balance strategic architecture leadership with hands-on technical decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of enterprise GCP architectures, including landing zones, VPC networks, IAM models, and secure cloud perimeters.
- Partner with sales and account teams to support solution design, technical discovery, and effort estimation during complex enterprise pursuits.
- Provide architectural oversight across delivery phases to ensure adherence to design principles, security standards, and scalability requirements.
- Drive the development and governance of internal GCP innovation labs, accelerators, reusable assets, and proof-of-concept environments.
- Act as a technical advisor to clients, channel partners, and cloud providers, ensuring alignment with evolving Google Cloud capabilities and roadmaps.
- Collaborate with AI, CX, and integration architects to optimize infrastructure for specialized workloads and enterprise use cases.
- Guide best practices in cloud security, networking, automation, and infrastructure as code across multiple engagements.
- Support continuous improvement of cloud architecture standards, delivery methodologies, and technical governance frameworks.
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