Senior Google Cloud Architect & Platform Lead

NCS; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking a Senior Google Cloud Architect & Lead Platform Engineer to design, secure and build enterprise-scale GCP solutions, focusing on landing zones, IaC, and governance. You will own architecture blueprints and collaborate with security and engineering teams.

This role demands hands-on, end-to-end delivery across GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE, and CI/CD pipelines, with strong emphasis on zero-trust, security review processes and production-grade Terraform modules.

Qualifications

• Senior GCP Architecture Leadership: proven Senior/Staff Cloud Architect or Principal Platform Engineer
• Hands-on engineering rigor: balance high-level design with deep execution in Terraform and networks
• Security-first mindset: zero-trust, IAM, KMS/Secret Manager, Workload Identity
• Advanced IaC & automation: Terraform modular architecture/state management, GitOps, scripting
• Technical documentation: create clear solution design docs and diagrams
• Google Cloud Certifications: Professional Cloud Architect/DevOps/Security required

Responsibilities

• Component Solution Architecture & Blueprints: own ~15 platform solutions end-to-end
• Enterprise Security & Zero-Trust Governance: work with security architects to enforce standards
• Hands-on Core Platform Build: design and provision GCP foundations (GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE)
• Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code: develop Terraform modules with GitOps
• Modern CI/CD & Platform Automation: build/release workflows with GitHub Actions, Cloud Build/Deploy
• Observability & Service Mesh: implement telemetry and monitoring across GKE/GCP workloads

Skills

GCP Architecture Leadership

Security-First Mindset

Advanced IaC & Automation

Technical Documentation

Professional Cloud Architect

Hands-on Engineering Rigor

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GKE

Cloud Run

Compute Engine

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking a Senior Google Cloud Architect & Lead Platform Engineer to design, secure and build enterprise-scale GCP solutions, focusing on landing zones, IaC, and governance. You will own architecture blueprints and collaborate with security and engineering teams.

This role demands hands-on, end-to-end delivery across GKE, Cloud Run, GCVE, and CI/CD pipelines, with strong emphasis on zero-trust, security review processes and production-grade Terraform modules.