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The Senior Cloud Architect is responsible for the planning, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, cloud-native services, and platform engineering capabilities that enable secure, compliant, and operationally sound cloud adoption across the enterprise.

This role develops and implements architecture patterns, engineering standards, automation solutions, and reusable platform capabilities that improve developer experience, accelerate delivery, and increase platform reliability, security, and scalability. The Senior Cloud Architect evaluates cloud products and services, assesses integration requirements across interconnected technologies, and provides technical leadership for cloud platform initiatives and modernization efforts.

The Senior Cloud Architect partners closely with cloud platform engineering, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, SRE, and application delivery teams to design and implement cloud solutions aligned with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, operational standards, and business objectives. This role contributes to the development and adoption of cloud standards, reference architectures, governance controls, and platform best practices.

The Senior Cloud Architect is expected to lead architecture and design activities for moderately complex to complex initiatives involving cloud computing, container platforms, automation, identity and access management, networking, observability, and operational resilience. The role provides technical guidance to engineering teams, helps resolve complex technical challenges, and drives alignment across stakeholders with varying priorities and requirements.

The Senior Cloud Architect promotes modern engineering practices including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, cloud-native architecture patterns, policy-based governance, and platform engineering principles. This role helps ensure cloud solutions are secure, supportable, scalable, cost-effective, and designed to meet current and future business needs.

The Senior Cloud Architect exercises considerable latitude in determining technical approaches and implementation strategies, works with minimal supervision, and influences architecture decisions through technical expertise, collaboration, and leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.

• 8+ years of infrastructure, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or architecture experience.

• 3+ years designing and operating public cloud solutions.

• 2+ years working with Google Cloud Platform or similar public cloud platforms.

• Experience designing large-scale cloud architectures in regulated enterprise environments.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).

• Experience with cloud platform engineering, automation, and self-service enablement concepts.

• Experience with Kubernetes platforms such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD and automation solutions.

• Experience implementing cloud security and governance controls.

• Strong understanding of networking, identity, observability, and cloud operations.

• Proven ability to influence technical decisions across teams and organizations.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Google Professional Cloud Architect certification

• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform environments

• Experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, and cloud-native application architectures

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and platform automation

• Experience with cloud networking, IAM, security controls, and governance frameworks

• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and reliability engineering practices

• Experience with platform engineering, self-service cloud capabilities, and developer enablement

• Experience supporting regulated environments with security and compliance requirements

• Experience leading technical design discussions and influencing architecture decisions across multiple teams

The ideal candidate:

• Thinks in platforms rather than individual solutions

• Designs with a customer and developer experience mindset

• Champions automation and standardization

• Understands security and governance as platform capabilities

• Uses architectural judgement to balance speed, risk, and operational supportability

• Influences through experience and collaboration

• Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability