Google Cloud Platform Architect

Job Title: GCP Architect

Job Location: Charlotte, NC

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Requirement/Must Have:

• Extensive experience designing and implementing Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) architectures.
• Strong expertise in Google Cloud Landing Zone design and implementation.
• Experience with cloud security, threat management, logging, monitoring, and service hardening.
• Deep knowledge of IAM, network security, and cloud governance frameworks.
• Experience designing cloud environments for large-scale enterprise organizations.
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and cost management strategies.
• Ability to provide architectural leadership and drive cloud transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience:

• Proven experience designing cloud systems and landing zones for large enterprise environments.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries, preferably financial services.
• Demonstrated success in implementing secure and scalable cloud architectures.
• Experience collaborating with technical and business stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

Responsibilities:

• Design and establish enterprise cloud foundations and architecture standards.
• Identify gaps in cloud security, governance, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Develop secure networking, IAM, and service-hardening strategies.
• Design scalable cloud environments that automatically adjust to changing workloads.
• Optimize cloud performance while controlling operational costs.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate and approve major technical decisions to ensure alignment with long-term business goals.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and business teams to define cloud best practices.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Drive adoption of enterprise cloud architecture standards and governance frameworks.

Skills:

• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Compute Engine.
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Cloud SQL.
• Spanner.
• BigQuery.
• Cloud Security and Governance.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Network Architecture.
• Threat Management.
• Logging and Monitoring.
• Cost Optimization.
• Cloud Infrastructure Design.
• Enterprise Architecture.

Qualification and Education:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect certification highly preferred.
• Advanced cloud architecture certifications are a plus.