Google Cloud Platform Architect (Technical Lead)

Quick Facts

• Title: Google Cloud Platform Architect (Technical Lead)

• Location: Tampa, FL (Onsite)

Description

Own the overall Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solution architecture and technical direction. Design cloud-native architectures using appropriate GCP PaaS and managed services, and identify opportunities to use Google Cloud AI services. Provide hands-on technical leadership to guide engineering on architecture, integration, security, scalability, and deployment, helping deliver an initial demo.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall GCP solution architecture and technical direction

• Design cloud-native architecture using GCP PaaS and managed services

• Identify opportunities to use Google Cloud AI services within the solution

• Guide the engineering team on GCP architecture, integration, security, scalability, and deployment considerations

• Recommend GCP-native approaches rather than primarily generic container-based solutions

• Collaborate with consulting and application teams as frontend/backend requirements become clearer

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to help deliver the initial demo

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform

• Experience designing solutions using GCP-native PaaS / managed services

• Strong cloud solution architecture experience

• Experience working with Google Cloud AI capabilities/services

• Experience designing integrations between cloud services and applications

• Ability to provide hands-on technical leadership in a fast-moving project

• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Preferred / Relevant GCP Experience

• Vertex AI / Generative AI on Google Cloud

• Cloud Run

• Cloud Functions

• API Gateway / Apigee

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud Storage

• BigQuery

• Cloud SQL / Firestore

• IAM and service accounts

• Secret Manager

• Cloud Logging / Cloud Monitoring

• Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure as Code