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Job Title: Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect
Location: Issaquah, WA (3Days Onsite)
Experience Level: 15+ Years
Must Have Skills Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect
Skill 1 15+ years in IT, including strong customer-facing architecture and service delivery experience
Skill 2 6 + Years of Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise applications to Google Cloud
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform) services, architecture patterns, and migration strategy.
- Should leverage Google Cloud technologies to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, efficient, cost-effective, highly available, and flexible solutions that drive business objectives.
- Should be proficient in enterprise cloud strategy, solution design, workload migration approaches, deployment and orchestration, optimization, and architectural best practices.
- Familiarity with the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework is a key requirement for this role.
- Lead the end-to-end migration of applications from legacy platforms to Google Cloud Platform, including assessment, design, re-platforming, and modernization.
- Architect and design cloud-native and hybrid application solutions leveraging:
o Apigee API Management
o Cloud Run, GKE, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL
o Google Cloud Platform Operations Suite for logging, monitoring & incident response
o Cloud Interconnect / VPC networking
- Build application modernization roadmaps using Java and C#, ensuring best practices in microservices, API-first design, and distributed systems.
- Develop and govern CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and DevOps automation best practices.
- Present architecture recommendations and designs to customers and executives (CxOs, Directors, Engineering Leads).
- Create high-quality technical content including architecture decks, whitepapers, solution diagrams, and training recordings.
- Provide technical training & enablement to internal teams (Solution Architects, BDMs, Engineering, Product stakeholders).
- Ensure Google Cloud Platform deployments meet security, compliance, reliability, and cost-optimization standards.
- Manage a dynamic pipeline of technical engagements requiring fast delivery and frequent re-prioritization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Developers, DevOps, Infrastructure, Product, Business stakeholders).
- Document solution blueprints, migration strategies, architecture standards, and deployment runbooks.
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Project Focus:
- Legacy application migration to Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform)
- Application re-architecture using Java, C#, APIs, containers
- API-led connectivity using Apigee
- CI/CD automation via GitHub and Cloud Build
- Cloud-native deployment on Cloud Run & GKE
- Enterprise security & observability using Google Cloud Platform Operations Suite
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Required Qualifications
- 15+ years in IT, including strong customer-facing architecture and service delivery experience.
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise applications to Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform).
- 4+ years in application architecture domains such as software development, cloud computing, distributed systems, or infrastructure.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud solutions, with Google Cloud Platform being the primary platform.
- 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (executive and engineering audiences).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Certified Google Professional Cloud Architect
- Strong ability to translate business needs into technical architecture.
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Must-Have Skills
- Google Cloud Platform architecture & migration expertise
- Java & C# coding (hands-on)
- GitHub (PRs, branching, collaboration)
- Apigee API Management
- Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
- CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, container-based deployments (Cloud Run, GKE)
- IAM, encryption, load balancing, and enterprise networking (VPC, Cloud Interconnect)
Good to Have
- Azure Cloud knowledge
- Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, etc.)
Experience
- 12+ years in IT, including cloud application architecture and large-scale migration projects
- Strong communication with business and engineering stakeholders
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