Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect

Job#: 3022692

Job Description:
Job Title: Lead Security Architect - Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Location: Onsite required (Juno Beach, FL preferred)

Duration: Through end of Q3 / early Q4 (with potential extension)

Engagement: Advisory / Architecture (non-hands-on)
About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Security Architect - Google Cloud Platform to serve as the enterprise's primary authority on secure cloud architecture for Google Cloud Platform. This is a high-impact, design-driven position responsible for defining the organization's secure Google Cloud Platform foundation, establishing enterprise guardrails, and creating security blueprints that will shape long-term cloud adoption.

This role is architecture-focused (HLD + LLD) - not a hands-on engineering position. You will guide secure-by-default cloud design, lead the architecture for Gemini AI adoption, and mentor internal teams as they build Google Cloud Platform proficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Security Architecture Leadership

• Serve as the lead design authority for all secure Google Cloud Platform architecture decisions and patterns.
• Partner with cloud, networking, and security teams to guide secure deployment strategies across the enterprise.

Secure Design Blueprints (SDBs)

• Author, maintain, and govern Secure Design Blueprints for all Google Cloud Platform services.
• Translate enterprise security requirements into actionable HLD/LLD documentation.

Generative AI Security (Gemini & Vertex AI)

• Act as the lead architect for secure Gemini AI deployment.
• Design data isolation models, identity boundaries, and VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC) to support safe AI adoption.

Guardrails & Governance

• Define and implement organization-level policies, including Org Policy Constraints, IAM hierarchy design, and enterprise segmentation strategies.
• Establish secure landing zones and guardrail frameworks before scaling workloads.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Support

• Analyze systemic CSPM findings and update SDBs to address architectural weaknesses.
• Provide strategic guidance, not daily monitoring.

Google Cloud Platform Foundation Build

• Design VPC topology, network segmentation, ingress/egress patterns, logging/monitoring frameworks, IAM strategy, and SSO integration.
• Support multi-region design, resiliency planning, secrets management, and DNS architecture.

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor internal teams that are early in their Google Cloud Platform journey.
• Operate in an advisory model, influencing without direct engineering ownership.

Key Qualifications
Required Experience

• 8+ years in Cybersecurity.
• 5+ years specifically dedicated to Google Cloud Platform security architecture at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience designing secure landing zones, guardrails, and enterprise architecture in Google Cloud Platform.

Certification

• Professional Google Cloud Platform Security Architect or Engineer certification (required).

Technical Expertise

• Deep knowledge of:
  • VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC)
  • IAM & complex organizational hierarchies
  • Cloud Armor
  • Google Cloud Platform-native security tools & architecture patterns
  • Secure AI/ML architecture (Gemini, Vertex AI)
• Strong understanding of AWS security frameworks (preferred for cross-cloud alignment).
• Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation (no coding required).

Documentation & Architecture

• Strong ability to create HLD, LLD, SDBs, and enterprise architecture documentation.
• Excellent communication and consultative skills with the ability to influence across teams.

Environment & Context

• Organization is maturing its Google Cloud Platform capabilities from early-stage (crawl phase).
• AWS program is already established; Google Cloud Platform may mirror or diverge from that model.
• Internal teams are still developing Google Cloud Platform skills - this role will be key in mentoring and guiding them.
• Heavy collaboration with Cloud, Network, and Security Engineering teams.
• Competitive vendor landscape; high visibility across the organization.

What You'll Deliver

• A secure-by-design enterprise Google Cloud Platform foundation
• Governance and guardrails that scale
• Secure design patterns for foundational Google Cloud Platform services
• Security architecture for Gemini AI and future AI workloads
• Long-term blueprinting for cloud operating models
• Architectural leadership that accelerates safe enterprise cloud adoption

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