Title: Solution Architect
Location is Richmond, VA
Long Term
Required Experience & Mandatory Skill
10 15+ Years Solution Architecture, Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture
5 8+ Years Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) Architecture & Enterprise Solution Design
5 8+ Years GKE, Cloud Run, Apigee, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, IAM
5 7+ Years Enterprise Integration Architecture, API Design, Hybrid Cloud Integration
4 6+ Years Microservices Architecture, Kubernetes, Containerization
4 6+ Years Secure Multi-Tenant Architecture, RBAC, IAM, Encryption
4 6+ Years API Management Platforms (Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, Azure API Management)
3 5+ Years Event-Driven Architecture using Kafka, Pub/Sub, Eventarc
3 5+ Years Enterprise Data Architecture, Data Governance, Canonical Data Models
3 5+ Years Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery, Snowflake
3 5+ Years Monitoring, Observability, Logging, Audit Frameworks
3 5+ Years Enterprise Document Processing & Workflow Solutions
2 4+ Years DevSecOps, CI/CD, Terraform, GitOps
2 4+ Years Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, High Availability
2 4+ Years OAuth, OIDC, JWT, Zero Trust Architecture, KMS
2 3+ Years Cloud Workflows, Airflow, Composer, Camunda
Secondary / Preferred Skills
Google Cloud Platform Certifications (Preferred)
Hands-on experience with:
PySpark
Dataproc
Composer
Cloud Functions
GKE
Pub/Sub
Secret Manager
Artifact Registry
Apigee
Kafka
SFTP
Cloud File Exchange
AI-driven Optimization and Automation
Cloud Cost Optimization
Exposure to AWS and/or Azure Cloud Platforms is a plus.