Cloud GCP Systems Architect

Description EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential. We are seeking a talented GCP System Architect to lead the design, implementation, and management of robust and scalable systems on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this role, you will be a key player in shaping our cloud infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, security, and performance. If you have a deep understanding of GCP services, a knack for designing efficient and resilient architectures, and a passion for driving technical excellence, we invite you to join our team. #LI-DNI Responsibilities Create system architecture documentation, work/feature-breakdown structure document and other related artifacts with deep technical details Perform client-facing technical consultancy roles, contribute to knowledge base, work in Team Lead role for small-medium sized teams, etc Assess the existing maturity of client in Cloud and DevOps space, perform gap analysis and provide baseline solution Configuration Management tool (Ansible/Puppet/Salt) Containerized deployment and orchestration Requirements Should have 10 to 16years of overall experience with minimum 5 years of production experience on any public cloud Must have excellent communication skills Thorough understanding of Security, Networks, Hybrid Cloud Good understanding of GCP Architecture, Deployment architectures Basic understanding/exposure to SRE Design and implement solutions for clients considering the on-premise infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform Possesses Leadership traits, and has lead teams for at-least 2 years Demonstrated experience in architecting, developing or maintaining production-grade cloud solutions in public clouds such as Google Cloud platform Customer facing experience of discovery, assessment, execution, and operations Exposure to Cloud Migration and Migration Strategies Design and engineer scalable, reliable, and resilient software running in the cloud Analyzing and monitoring performance bottlenecks and key metrics to optimize software and system performance.as well as providing ana- lytics and forecasts for cloud capacity, troubleshooting analysis, and uptime Should have strong experience of a couple of years, in leading DevOps team and planning, defining DevOps roadmap and executing as per the same along with the team Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills, with a focus on translating business requirements into technology solutions and vice versa Strong capability to mentor System Engineers 1-4 Strong Delivery fundamentals Has experience to contribute to organization growth and take up one or more additional responsibilities Interviewing , Assessing System Engineers Running Technology Incubation Labs Participating in Pre-Sales tasks Undertaking engineering excellence activities/events Should have experience in GCP Services - Compute(CE, AE, CF, GKE, CR, pub/Sub), Storage, Data tools, Cloud Build Should have experience in GCP Networking fundamentals (VPC, VPN, Peering, Interconnect) Should have experience in GCP Security fundamentals (IAM, Service Accounts, Workload Iden- tity) Should have experience in Container Orchestration Should have experience in Container Registry - GCR Experience in setting up of Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, databases, firewall rules etc Working knowledge of Backup and Recovery methodology and imple- mentations on GCP Experience with Infrastructure as Code Tooling like Terraform Experience with at least one Configuration management tool like (An- sible, Packer, Salt, Chef, Puppet, etc.) Experience with Containerization like Dockers and Kubernetes Experience with windows or Linux/Unix administration and Unix shell scripting (bash) Experience with at least one Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Pipelines and tooling (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, Circle CI etc.) Experience with migrating/modernizing various workloads into GCP Has understanding of automated infrastructure discovery using the GCP native tools Experience with leveraging GCP migration toolset such as Migration Center, Database Migration Service, Cloud Foundation Toolkit, etc Knowledge of modernizing the application hosted on VM/servers to container-based deployment architecture Optimize Total Cost of Ownership by leveraging the right services in the GCP landscape Nice to have Coding with modern languages like Python, Groovy Application development experience We offer Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects Focused individual development Benefit package: Health benefits Retirement benefits Paid time off Flexible benefits Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)