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Cloud Architecture and Engineering: Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform. Establish and maintain cloud reference architectures and engineering standards aligned with organizational security, regulatory, and business requirements.
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Cloud-Native Solutions: Architect secure, scalable, resilient, and cloud-native applications, ensuring solutions meet enterprise performance and reliability expectations.
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Migration and Modernization: Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including application re-platforming, transformation, and the evolution of existing technology environments.
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Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical lead for cross-functional GCP projects, guiding engineering teams through architecture decisions, solution design, and implementation.
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Architecture Reviews and Best Practices: Conduct architecture reviews, recommend engineering best practices, and ensure technical solutions align with established standards and long-term technology strategies.
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Team Mentorship: Mentor and support engineers across application, infrastructure, and platform teams, helping strengthen technical capabilities and promote consistent engineering practices.
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Technical Escalation: Act as an escalation point for complex cloud and infrastructure challenges, driving investigation, resolution, and continuous improvement.
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DevOps and CI/CD Automation: Build, maintain, and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using Harness CI/CD, supporting reliable and efficient software releases.
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Infrastructure as Code: Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably using Terraform, to automate infrastructure provisioning and ensure consistency across environments.
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Operational Automation and SRE: Automate deployment, monitoring, provisioning, and operational workflows. Promote Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, reduce manual operational effort through reusable templates, and strengthen secure release processes.
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Security, Governance, and Compliance: Ensure cloud solutions comply with enterprise security, privacy, and regulatory requirements. Implement and maintain best practices for identity and access management (IAM), network security, encryption, and key management.
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Enterprise Risk Alignment: Collaborate with security, risk, and compliance teams to ensure proposed technical solutions adhere to enterprise policies, controls, and governance guardrails.
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Cloud Cost Management: Establish and enforce cloud governance and cost-management controls, promoting efficient resource utilization and financial accountability.
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GCP Platform Management: Lead the implementation and optimization of core GCP services, including Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.
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AI and MLOps Enablement: Account for GCP implementations involving MLOps and Agentic AI capabilities, including tools and services available through Vertex AI.
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Observability and Performance: Enhance platform observability through Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and New Relic. Continuously optimize performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across cloud environments.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product teams, architects, and business stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into scalable cloud solutions.
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Technology Strategy: Contribute to cloud roadmaps, modernization plans, architecture strategies, and technology evaluations. Support proofs of concept and the adoption of emerging cloud capabilities.
Requirements:
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Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
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Professional Experience: At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
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Google Cloud Expertise: At least 4 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, including the design, implementation, and operation of cloud solutions.
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Cloud Architecture: Demonstrated experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures, with the ability to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solutions.
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GCP Services and Networking: Strong expertise in core GCP services, cloud networking, and the integration of cloud infrastructure components.
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Kubernetes and Containerization: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and container-based application environments.
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DevOps and CI/CD: Strong understanding of DevOps principles, continuous integration and delivery pipelines, and automated software deployment practices.
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Infrastructure as Code: Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred.
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Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python, Java, Go, or comparable programming languages, with the ability to contribute to engineering and automation initiatives.
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Agile and DevOps Environments: Experience working in Agile development and DevOps-oriented organizations, collaborating across technical teams to deliver complex solutions.
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Cloud Certifications: Professional GCP certifications, such as Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, or Professional Data Engineer, are preferred.
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Regulated Industry Experience: Experience in regulated sectors such as insurance, financial services, or healthcare is an advantage.
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Security and Compliance: Strong background in cloud security, identity and access management, and regulatory or enterprise compliance frameworks.
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Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments: Familiarity with hybrid or multi-cloud architectures, including integration of services and resources across GCP and AWS, is preferred.
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Reliability Engineering: Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering, observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering practices.
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Communication and Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and influence both technology and business teams.
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Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, particularly when addressing complex architectural and infrastructure challenges.
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Strategic and Hands-On Leadership: Ability to think strategically while remaining actively involved in technical design, engineering decisions, and implementation.
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Professional Values: Commitment to integrity, collaboration, accountability, and human-centered leadership.
Benefits:
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Salary: Annual base salary ranging from $133,000 to $190,000, depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and work location.
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Annual Bonus: Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
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Incentive Opportunities: May be eligible to participate in an additional incentive program.
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Retirement and Financial Benefits: Access to a comprehensive employee benefits package.
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Healthcare: Comprehensive health benefits.
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Leave Programs: Flexible vacation and leave offerings.
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Family Support: Adoption assistance and additional family-oriented benefits.
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Education Support: Student loan repayment programs.
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Professional Development: Access to technical and leadership development opportunities.
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Work Arrangement: Hybrid-remote position, with an expectation of working in person three days per quarter.
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Geographic Flexibility: Remote work availability across U.S. states, subject to the stated hybrid attendance requirement.
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Employment Type: Full-time, salaried, exempt position.