Google Cloud Architect
Minneapolis, MN
Hire Type: Contract
we would like to broaden the search by looking for Cloud Architects with AWS experience but having GCP certification.
- Application modernization and migration experience is must
- Proficiency in either AWS or GCP is essential. Having a certification in either AWS or GCP is required. However, preference will be given to candidates with GCP certification
- Expertise in Kubernetes and Java is highly desirable
- Remote candidates if we are not getting in MN, who are open to travel on need basis for workshops and meetings
- Any experience migrating Kafka workloads to Google Cloud will be a huge advantage
Looking for a highly motivated and experienced Google Cloud Platform Architect in a customer-facing role. Ideal candidate will have a strong understand of GCP and be able to translate customer requirements to Cloud based solutions. The architect will also be responsible for building and managing a team of architects, as well as working with cross-functional teams to build business cases, POVs and lead conversations with the customer.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- Certifications
• Minimum: Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Alternate: Google Professional Data Engineer, Google Professional Cloud Developer
- 15+ years of total IT experience with 7+ years of experience in architecting, developing or maintaining production-grade enterprise applications on Cloud
- Experience with application assessment and migrations to Google Cloud
- Strong hands-on experience in Infrastructure – Landing zone creation including Networking, Security and configuring GKE enterprise standard environments.
- Awareness of Kafka configuration to GKE and migration, Large DB migration is an added advantage.
- Awareness of FinOps principles, DevOps principles, cloud management and operations tools
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills, with a focus on translating business requirements into technology solutions and vice versa.
- Experience in project governance and enterprise customer management
- Experience with Healthcare industry will be an added advantage.
- Willingness to travel around 10-20% of the time as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Building business through taking thought leadership to customers and solving customer problems
- Identify and support GCP opportunities by providing solution and pre-sales support.
- Work with cross-functional teams to build business cases, POVs and lead conversations with customers.
- Collaborate with Clients to gather information, provide technical leadership to create landing zone ,configure and migrate environments.
- Stay up to date with the latest GCP services and technologies. Ability to learn and adapt new technology, concepts, and solutions, and apply those to solve customer problems.
- Providing governance and support to design, development, and implementation of cloud-based solutions.
Thanks & Regards,
Divya Pandey, Technical Recruiter
Email: [email protected]