GCP Cloud Migration Architect

NMK Global Inc. is a global IT Services & Solutions company specializing in IT Staffing, Technology Consulting, Workforce Solutions, and Application Development Services. We help organizations build high-performing technology teams by connecting them with exceptional talent across a wide range of industries. Our expertise, industry knowledge, and consultative approach enable clients to achieve successful business outcomes while helping professionals advance their careers.

Role: GCP Cloud Migration Architect

Location : Austin, TX

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Migration Architect to lead enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform, cloud architecture, migration strategy, Terraform, Kubernetes, and multi-cloud environments.

The architect will lead migration planning from initial application and infrastructure discovery through migration wave planning, execution, and establishment of a scalable migration factory.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end enterprise cloud migration initiatives with a primary focus on GCP.
• Assess applications and infrastructure across on-premises, AWS, and OpenStack environments.
• Develop application placement strategies and migration roadmaps.
• Design GCP Landing Zones, Cloud Foundations, and target-state architectures.
• Define architectures for compute, storage, networking, IAM, logging, security, HA, and disaster recovery.
• Design and implement scalable Migration Factory models and migration waves.
• Develop CloudOps, FinOps, and SecOps operating models.
• Build automated infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Develop and implement DevSecFinOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Support migration of VMs, containers, databases, and enterprise applications to GCP.
• Design secure connectivity between GCP, AWS, and on-premises environments.
• Troubleshoot post-migration issues involving networking, DNS, load balancing, databases, applications, and cross-cloud dependencies.
• Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, migration plans, and gap assessments.
• Work closely with engineering teams, business stakeholders, security teams, and cloud teams.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud architecture, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP.
• Expertise in GCP services including:
  • Compute Engine
  • GKE
  • Cloud Storage
  • VPC
  • IAM
  • Cloud SQL / Spanner
• Strong experience with enterprise cloud migration and migration factory models.
• Experience designing GCP Landing Zones / Cloud Foundations.
• Strong Terraform / IaC experience.
• Experience with AWS and multi-cloud architecture.
• Strong knowledge of Shared VPC, Cloud Router, HA VPN, Interconnect, Private Service Connect, and VPC Peering.
• Experience with Kubernetes/GKE and container migrations.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevSecOps, FinOps, and CloudOps.
• Experience with migration planning, application dependency mapping, gap assessments, and migration waves.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
• Experience with AI-driven testing and modern cloud migration automation.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise or public-sector cloud transformation projects.

NMK Global Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.