Senior GCP Platform Architect & Lead Platform Engineer

NCS Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking a senior Google Cloud Architect & Lead Platform Engineer to own end-to-end platform design and secure-by-default governance. You will drive the creation of ~15 core platform components, writing modular Terraform, and guiding complex security reviews with principal engineers.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, CI/CD automation, and scalable GCP foundations using GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE, and enterprise VPC topologies, with opportunities to influence architecture and

Qualifications

• Senior GCP Architecture Leadership with enterprise-scale experience.
• Hands-on engineering balance between design and execution.
• Security-first mindset including zero-trust and IAM
• Advanced IaC and automation with Terraform
• Articulate technical docs and diagrams for solutions
• Professional Google Cloud Certifications (e.g., PC Arch/DevOps/Security)

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture blueprints for ~15 platform components.
• Collaborate with enterprise security to enforce secure-by-default standards.
• Design and provision GCP foundations using GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE, Compute Engine.
• Develop modular Terraform and GitOps workflows for production readiness.
• Create automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy.
• Provide telemetry, observability, and service mesh strategies across workloads.

Skills

GCP Architecture Leadership

Engineering Rigor

Security Mindset

IaC & Automation

Documentation & Artifacts

Google Cloud Certifications

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

GitHub Actions

Python

Bash

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking a senior Google Cloud Architect & Lead Platform Engineer to own end-to-end platform design and secure-by-default governance. You will drive the creation of ~15 core platform components, writing modular Terraform, and guiding complex security reviews with principal engineers.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, CI/CD automation, and scalable GCP foundations using GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE, and enterprise VPC topologies, with opportunities to influence architecture and