Senior GCP Platform Architect & Lead Infrastructure

Ncsaustralia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Ncsaustralia is hiring a Senior GCP Architect to lead enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform implementations. You will own architecture governance, design scalable foundation infra (GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE), and drive CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions and Cloud Build.

You will balance high-level design with hands-on Terraform development, implement zero-trust controls, and produce clear design artifacts to guide delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Component Solution Architecture & Blueprints: Take end-to-end ownership for designing, documenting, and building ~15 enterprise-grade platform component solutions (e.g., secrets management, Workload Identity Federation, custom landing zones, and advanced CI/CD pipelines).
• Enterprise Security & Zero-Trust Governance: Partner directly with enterprise security architects to incorporate threat-modeling feedback, enforce secure-by-default standards, and successfully guide architecture through formal governance controls.
• Hands-on Core Platform Build: Design and provision resilient, scalable GCP foundations leveraging GKE, Cloud Run, Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Compute Engine, and enterprise VPC topologies.
• Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Architect and deploy production-ready Terraform modules using GitOps methodologies, Cloud Foundation Fabric patterns, and automated delivery frameworks.
• Modern CI/CD & Platform Automation: Design robust, automated build/release workflows using GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, and custom Python/Bash automation.
• Observability & Service Mesh: Implement comprehensive telemetry, auditability, and operational visibility across GKE and GCP workloads (utilizing OpenTelemetry, New Relic, and service mesh architectures).
• Senior GCP Architecture Leadership: Demonstrated track record acting as a Senior/Staff Cloud Architect or Principal Platform Engineer leading enterprise-scale GCP implementations.
• Hands-on Engineering Rigor: Proven ability to balance high-level architectural design with deep execution-writing production-grade Terraform, configuring network topologies, and debugging complex platform pipelines.
• Security-First Mindset: Expertise in zero-trust architecture, GCP IAM policies, KMS/Secret Manager, Workload Identity, and enterprise network security controls.
• Advanced IaC & Automation: Mastery of Terraform (modular architecture/state management), GitOps, GitHub Actions, and scripting (Python/Bash).
• Technical Documentation & Artifacts: Ability to produce clear, structured solution design documents (SDDs) and architectural diagrams that bridge strategic vision with hands-on squad delivery.
• Google Cloud Certifications: Professional Google Cloud Certification required (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect , Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer , or Professional Cloud Security Engineer ).

Job description

Ncsaustralia is hiring a Senior GCP Architect to lead enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform implementations. You will own architecture governance, design scalable foundation infra (GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE), and drive CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions and Cloud Build.

You will balance high-level design with hands-on Terraform development, implement zero-trust controls, and produce clear design artifacts to guide delivery teams.