GCP Cloud Architect

• Design robust, secure, and optimized GCP architectures: landing zones, project and folder organization, IAM, VPC Service Controls, and hybrid connectivity
• Define reusable architecture patterns and GCP technical standards
• Make technology decisions based on cost, security, compliance, and operability constraints
• Provide technical leadership throughout the scoping, build, and production deployment phases
• Design and implement migration strategies: assessment, wave planning, and execution
• Support client teams in building their capabilities and adopting best practices
• Contribute to the technical drafting of responses to requests for proposals, cost estimates, and workload planning
• Present and defend proposals during client presentations
• Technically qualify client requirements and develop the proposed roadmaps
• Build and evolve packaged cloud offerings
• Develop accelerators: hardened Terraform modules, a reference landing zone, a FinOps framework, and migration toolkits
• Contribute to structuring the Cloud practice and capturing lessons learned
• Lead the technical community during vertical weekly meetings and practice monthly meetings
• Participate in technical recruitment interviews and candidate qualification

• Master's degree, engineering degree, or equivalent
• At least 6 years of experience, including 3 years working with Google Cloud Platform
• In-depth expertise in GCP: Compute, GKE, networking (VPC, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud NAT), IAM, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and Cloud Logging/Monitoring
• Terraform is essential; Config Connector or Pulumi is a plus
• Kubernetes/GKE and Helm
• CI/CD: Cloud Build, GitLab CI, or equivalent
• Cloud security: advanced IAM, secrets management, encryption, VPC Service Controls, and Security Command Center
• Scripting: Python, Go, or Bash
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification required, or to be obtained within 6 months of joining
• Professional Cloud Security Engineer or Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification is a plus
• Knowledge of a second cloud provider (AWS or Azure) is a strong advantage
• Ability to explain complex concepts clearly and influence stakeholders
• Enjoyment of collaborative work and knowledge sharing
• Initiative, autonomy, and a strong sense of commitment in a consulting environment

• Dedicated training and certification budget, with an individualized plan developed with your practice lead
• Access to our technical lab for experimentation and client demonstrations
• An active technical community: vertical weekly meetings, practice monthly meetings, and participation in events and meetups
• Career development opportunities toward technical expertise (Principal Architect, vertical lead) or management
• Diverse projects with major enterprise clients
• Direct contribution to offerings, accelerators, and the structuring of the practice
• Involvement in pre-sales activities: technical proposal writing and client presentations