GCP Senior Cloud Architect

Senior Cloud Architect Hyderabad Engineering and Product Management / Full Time / Hybrid Strategic Leadership & Vision

Executive Consulting: Act as a

trusted technical advisor

to the teams,customer executive, and technical leadership, translating complex technical roadmap into clear business value and risk assessments.

Enterprise Cloud Strategy: Define the multi-year, enterprise-wide strategy for cloud adoption, migration, and modernization, with a strong focus on

GCP

services and strategic interoperability with the second cloud platform (Pref

AWS ).

Architecture Governance:

Establish and enforce global cloud governance frameworks, architectural standards, reference models, and reusable patterns for deployment, security, and operations across all environments.

DevOps & Cost Strategy: Drive advanced

DevOps

practices and accountability models. Oversee cloud cost optimization initiatives, negotiate large enterprise cloud contracts, and establish technical guardrails to ensure maximum ROI across the multi-cloud footprint. Core Technical Responsibilities GCP Deep Expertise:

Architect and lead the implementation of complex, large-scale solutions on GCP, with hands-on experience in leveraging services like

GKE ,

Cloud Dataflow ,

BigQuery ,

Cloud Run ,

Vertex AI , and

Cloud Spanner . Interoperability Design:

Design and govern the integration patterns for hybrid and multi-cloud systems, focusing on low-latency, secure connectivity, and consistent Identity and Access Management (IAM) across platforms (e.g.,using federated identity or centralized key management). Advanced Security:

Define the

DevSecOps

and cloud security posture, ensuring that designs meet stringent Indian regulatory (e.g., data residency) and global compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA). Innovation & PoCs:

Lead Proof-of-Concept (PoC) initiatives for emerging technologies like

Generative AI

(e.g., Google Vertex AI or AWS Bedrock),

serverless computing,

and define their eventual architecture and integration into the enterprise landscape. Cloud Migration:

experience in Cloud migration strategy and implementation Observability:

Architect a comprehensive visibility strategy to monitor system health and proactively resolve performance bottlenecks across complex cloud environments. Policy Definition:

Design automated governance guardrails that ensure every deployment is secure, compliant, and cost-optimized by default. People Leadership & Mentorship Team Development:

Mentor, coach, and grow a team of Senior/Lead Cloud Architects and engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous learning. Process Improvement:

Own and drive continuous improvement of the cloud architecture delivery pipeline, promoting GitOps and end-to-end automation across the development lifecycle. Cross-Functional Alignment:

Collaborate with the Data & AI Team and Engineering Leads to ensure architectural decisions align with product roadmaps and business domain goals. Required Qualifications Experience:15+ years

of progressive experience in IT/Software Engineering, with at least

5-10 years

in Cloud Architecture leadership roles managing enterprise-scale transformations. Cloud Platform Mastery: GCP:

Mastery of GCP services, networking, and security. Primary Cloud skill Second Cloud:

Deep architectural experience in

AWS

(e.g., EC2,Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS) Certifications (Preferred ): Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

(Preferred) Professional/Expert-level Certification

from the secondary cloud provider (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional). Technical Stack: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

using

Terraform

(including multi-cloud modules) At least one programming language ( Java/Python)