GCP Architect

Essential Technical Expertise

• 12+ years of experience in cloud technology

• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly-distributed global cloud-based systems, and experience in network infrastructure, security, data, and application development in GCP.

• Proficient knowledge of Kubernetes along with practical experience in GCP Infrastructure services.

• Experienced in migrating applications and data from on-premises environments to the cloud at an infrastructure level.

• Mandatory skills and hands-on experience required in various GCP native services, including: Cloud Storage, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), CloudRun, and App Engine.

• Setting up and configuring Application Load Balancers (ALB), Content Delivery Networks (CDN), and Service Accounts.

• Hands-on experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines and provisioning GCP infrastructure using Terraform.

• Disaster Recovery (DR) setup in both active/active and active/passive modes.

• Demonstrated experience in optimizing cloud costs.

• Hands-on experience in establishing infrastructure for microservices operating in Kubernetes Engine.

• Experience with structured Enterprise Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.

• Proven experience assessing client's workloads and technology landscape for Cloud suitability, developing a business case and Cloud adoption roadmap.

• Knowledge of technology solutions and an understanding of large-scale computing solutions and the enterprise technology buying and evaluation process.

• Ability to learn/work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space.

• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.

• Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness with key stakeholders in the client organizations.

• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with Enterprise Architects, IT Management, and developers.

• Basic experience in application architecture.

• Security specific Experience:

• Hands-on technical expertise in Security Architecture, automation, integration, and deployment (DevOps)

• Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape

• Proven experience building security reference architecture for all-in cloud deployments and hybrid scenarios

• Should work and build a solution with enterprise security solutions such as WAF, IPS, Anti-DDOS, and SIEM.

• Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape

• Deep understanding of enterprise risk management methods and techniques to drive successful outcomes in a multi-national environment.