GCP Architect

Essential Technical Expertise: 
• 12+ years of experience in cloud technology
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global cloud-based systems, and experience in network infrastructure, security, data, and application development in GCP.
• Proficient knowledge of Kubernetes along with practical experience in GCP Infrastructure services.
• Experienced in migrating applications and data from on-premises environments to the cloud at an infrastructure level.
• Mandatory skills and hands-on experience required in various GCP native services, including Cloud Storage, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, and App Engine.
• Setting up and configuring Application Load Balancers (ALB), Content Delivery Networks (CDN), and Service Accounts.
• Hands-on experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines and provisioning GCP infrastructure using Terraform.
• Disaster Recovery (DR) setup in both active/active and active/passive modes.
• Demonstrated experience in optimizing cloud costs.
• Hands-on experience in establishing infrastructure for microservices operating in Kubernetes Engine.
• Experience with structured Enterprise Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
• Proven experience assessing client's workloads and technology landscape for Cloud suitability, developing a business case and Cloud adoption roadmap
• Knowledge of technology solutions and an understanding of large-scale computing solutions and the enterprise technology buying and evaluation process.
• Ability to learn/work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness with key stakeholders in the client organizations.