Cloud Architect, Infrastructure

**Minimum qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience on any CSP like Cloud infrastructure design, complex network architecture design and implementation, Kubernetes, Cloud security, logging & monitoring.
- 3 years of experience in direct client-facing roles, troubleshooting technical issues and working with engineering/sales teams/customers.
- Experience with two or more disciplines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) such as Google Kubernetes Engine and Google Cloud VMware Engine migration, network design, data migration strategies, Virtual Machine migration to Google Compute Engine.
- Experience in setting up Google Cloud foundations involving networking and security setup

**Preferred qualifications**:

- Experience in setting up end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and collaborative environment.
- Excellent communication, presentation and consulting skills.

**About the job**:
The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

**Responsibilities**:

- Engage with stakeholders in collaborative efforts to interpret complex client requirements, provide recommendations for suitable solution architectures and offer consultative services.
- Collaborate with customer technical leads, client managers and partners to meticulously plan and execute cloud migration projects, foster trust and serve as a valuable advisor to decision-makers thoughtout the engagement.
- Work with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) specialists, product development teams and engineering divisions to consolidate best practices and deliver valuable insights into comprehensive solutions and widely accessible assets.
- Engage with Google Cloud sales representatives, partners and customer technical stakeholders to oversee the management of migration scope, priorities, deliverables, risks/issues, and timelines for effective and successful migrations.
- Deliver comprehensive solutions and execute the deployment of cloud-based distributed infrastructure solutions in alignment with customer requirements and industry best practices for implementation.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.