Google Cloud Platform L3 Architect- Only W2

Remote - Must work CST time zone

W2 Position

Top Skills:

1. Google Cloud Platform Admin

2. Google Cloud Platform

3. Terraform

Name

Required

Log Analysis

Yes

Cloud Run

Yes

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Yes

Google Cloud Platform

Yes

Google Cloud Platform Admin

Yes

Google IAM

Yes

Google Cloud Platform Cloud Storage

Yes

Terraform

Yes

Cloud Load Balancer

Yes

Job summary:

The Sr Architect designs and implements secure and scalable cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform and Terraform for a large multinational organization, ensuring resilient infrastructure, optimized performance, and efficient cost management while working in a hybrid model and collaborating closely with cross functional teams to deliver high impact digital platforms.

Responsibilities :

-Design robust Google Cloud Platform architectures that align with enterprise standards while ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency for complex business critical applications.

-Develop reusable Terraform modules that standardize infrastructure provisioning and minimize configuration drift across multiple Google Cloud Platform environments and projects.

-Implement infrastructure as code practices that improve deployment consistency, reduce manual errors, and accelerate delivery of secure cloud platforms.

-Configure and manage Google Cloud Platform identity and access management policies that enforce least privilege principles and safeguard sensitive enterprise data assets.

-Optimize Google Cloud Platform resource utilization through detailed capacity planning, rightsizing analysis, and proactive monitoring to maintain performance and control operational costs.

-Collaborate with application teams to design target architectures that integrate networking, compute, storage, and security controls in a cohesive Google Cloud Platform solution.

-Create clear technical documentation and architecture diagrams that guide engineering teams in implementing and supporting the designed Google Cloud Platform solutions.

-Coordinate with security and compliance partners to embed required controls, logging, and encryption standards into every Terraform based Google Cloud Platform deployment.

-Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues in Google Cloud Platform environments by analyzing logs, metrics, and configurations to restore services quickly and prevent recurrence.

-Guide teams in adopting DevOps practices that integrate Terraform workflows with version control, code review, and continuous integration pipelines.

-Conduct design and code reviews for Terraform configurations to ensure adherence to best practices, internal standards, and regulatory requirements.

-Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical Google Cloud Platform architectures that deliver measurable outcomes for customers and internal users.

-Mentor junior engineers on Google Cloud Platform concepts, Terraform patterns, and operational excellence so that the broader team can deliver consistent quality solutions.

Qualifications:

-Possess extensive hands on experience designing and operating production workloads on Google Cloud Platform including networking, compute, storage, and managed services.

-Demonstrate strong proficiency with Terraform including module design, state management, workspaces, and integration with continuous integration pipelines.

-Exhibit practical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform administration tasks such as organization setup, project structure, billing configuration, and policy governance.

-Apply working understanding of security and compliance frameworks in cloud environments including identity management, encryption controls, and audit logging.

-Bring proven exposure to hybrid work models with effective remote collaboration using enterprise tooling and structured communication practices.

-Show familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions on Google Cloud Platform and related tools to maintain observability and proactively address performance issues.

-Display experience in migration or modernization initiatives where on premises or legacy workloads were transitioned into Google Cloud Platform using structured methodologies.

-Maintain awareness of emerging Google Cloud Platform services and Terraform ecosystem enhancements and apply relevant innovations to improve platform reliability and efficiency.

Additional Responsibilities:

Provide Standards/Best practices on Platform Usage

Cloud Architecture Reviews

Advanced Troubleshooting - Handle Escalations

Help Application Teams Deliver Value

Eliminate Developer Friction

Design for Consistency and Recoverability

Level Up Cloud Security

Standardizing Cloud Deployments

FinOps

Cloud Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resiliency

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Developer Empowerment & Productivity

Good knowledge on cloud networking

Google cloud products we mostly use:

Cloud run

GKE

IAM

Compute VM's

Load balancers

Memory stores

Log analysis

Cloud storage

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) - mandatory skill

Years of Experience: 11.00 Years of Experience