GCP Solution Architect – Cloud Transformation

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Key Responsibilities

Cloud Strategy & Enterprise Transformation
Define cloud transformation roadmaps, adoption frameworks, and business cases for GCP migration.
Design scalable, secure and resilient GCP cloud architecture
Conduct cloud assessments, maturity evaluations, and TCO/ROI analysis for clients.
Guide clients through modernization of legacy workloads into cloud-native architectures.
Align technical decisions with business outcomes and long-term transformation goals.

Solution Architecture & Design
Architect end-to-end solutions using core GCP services across compute, networking, storage, data, security and application stack.
Design scalable, secure multi-region and hybrid-cloud architectures.
Build enterprise cloud landing zones, network topologies, identity hierarchy, and governance models.
Ensure architecture adheres to GCP best practices, Well-Architected Framework, and industry standards.
Lead architecture for large-scale migrations using Migrate for Compute Engine, Database Migration Service, Transfer Services, and Anthos.
Provide oversight to migration waves, cutover planning, operational readiness, and risk management.
Application & Data Modernization
Lead modernization using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery, and managed databases.
Define rehost, replatform, refactor strategies for application and data migration.
Architect microservices, event-driven and serverless patterns.

Governance, Security & Compliance
Define cloud security models including IAM, VPC Service Controls, encryption, key management, and workload identity.
Establish guardrails, governance policies, FinOps, and cost-optimization strategies.
Support compliance initiatives for ISO 27001, SOC2, HIPAA, PCI (as applicable).
Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure proper implementation of the designed architecture.
DevOps, Automation & Engineering Excellence
Enforce IaC and automation practices using Terraform, Deployment Manager, and CI/CD tooling.
Advise teams on DevOps/SRE and CloudOps best practices.
Promote standardized architecture patterns, reusable components, and reference solutions.
Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using Github actions, including workflow automation and approval gates.

Client-Facing, Leadership & Consulting skills
Serve as the primary technical advisor for C-suite, enterprise architects, and IT leadership.
Drive end-to-end GCP cloud transformation engagements—assessment, migration, modernization, and optimization.
Conduct architecture workshops, discovery sessions, and technical deep dives.
Support pre-sales, solutioning, proposal development, and client presentations.
Provide thought leadership and guide strategic decision-making during transformation engagements.
Ability to communicate complex cloud concepts to C-level and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong client-facing experience in enterprise transformation programs.
Ability to lead cross-functional architecture and engineering teams.
Excellent presentation, documentation, and decision-making skills.

Required Technical Skills

Deep expertise in GCP services including:
- Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
- VPC networking, load balancing, interconnects, private service access
- Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery, Firestore, Memorystore
- Pub/Sub, Composer, Dataflow, Dataproc
- Cloud IAM, Security Command Center, Cloud Armor
Strong experience designing cloud-native, containerized, and microservices-based solutions.
Strong architectural background in distributed systems, networking, and security.
Proficiency with IaC (Terraform preferred).
Good Understanding of DevOps, GitOps, CI/CD, SRE, and automated operations.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent.
Strong experience in IT services, system integration, or consulting environments.
Certifications (preferred):
- Google Professional Cloud Architect (mandatory or highly preferred)
- Cloud Network professional
- Cloud Security engineer professional
- Gen AI leader ( good to have)
- Azure and AWS architecture and solution expert certifications (good to have)
Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments