Senior Solutions Architect - Google

Description

The company is an established technology services firm, and this role sits in its Pre-Sales team.

You will be a cloud infrastructure solution architect with working knowledge of Azure, AWS and GCP. The ideal person has a track record in sovereign cloud, cloud architecture, cloud migration and cloud-native solutions, with a focus on scalability, reliability and cost-effectiveness.

You will work with cross-functional teams on new solutions, lead cloud migration and modernization work, and help shape best practices for infrastructure automation and cloud governance.

The company is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader that serves 75% of the Fortune Global 100. It works on AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services, and has experts in more than 70 countries. The company DATA is part of the company Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable, reliable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure architectures.
• Design and build cloud solutions covering virtual machines, storage, networking, databases and other components, for both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Show a record of delivering cloud implementation projects on time, within budget and to quality standards.
• Lead migrations by assessing existing infrastructure and applications for cloud suitability.
• Build migration strategies that cover data migration, application refactoring and workload optimization.
• Help modernize legacy applications so they use cloud-native technologies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management with Terraform, Ansible and CloudFormation, and maintain configuration management scripts and templates.
• Design DevOps strategies that match customer business goals, build CI/CD pipelines, and apply DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
• Guide development teams and other stakeholders on technical matters, and work with architects and engineers on cloud-native applications.
• Write and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for new and current services.
• Support evaluation and proof of concept (POC) work.
• Set up and maintain cloud governance frameworks and policies that meet security standards such as ISO 27001 and HIPAA, and make sure cloud environments meet compliance requirements.
• Learn what customers run today and propose cloud-native solutions for them.
• Present technical solutions and business benefits to external stakeholders, including senior executives.
• Work with sales and internal teams on scope of work documents, proposals and pricing.
• Work with FinOps, delivery and implementation teams on pricing and technical validation, and help write up cloud governance processes and tools.

Requirements

• Strong cloud migration, cloud networking and Kubernetes skills.
• Proven experience with core Azure and GCP services, including networking, storage, compute and security.
• Familiarity with Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration.
• Scripting skill in Python, PowerShell and Bash for automation and configuration management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible and CloudFormation.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) architecture and of digital and sovereign cloud requirements covering data, operational and software sovereignty.
• Hands-on experience with, or familiarity with, GDC integrated services such as Vertex AI, GKE, databases and storage.
• Understanding of deploying and managing across connected and air-gapped GDC environments.
• Certified architect in Azure or GCP.
• Azure, AWS or GCP certifications are preferred.
• Desirable: experience with sovereign cloud, cloud architecture, cloud migration, network infrastructure management and distributed systems.
• Desirable: knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps and serverless technologies.
• Desirable: strong grasp of cloud governance and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to work alone as well as in a team.
• Strong leadership, with the ability to set priorities and carry out tasks in a methodical way.

Conditions

Hybrid working model.