GCP Solution Architect - Migration Specialist

Abacus Global; Bogotá; Presencial; COP 302.228.938 - 415.564.790; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A technology consulting firm is seeking a GCP Solution Architect specializing in migration. The ideal candidate will design secure and scalable GCP architectures and develop end-to-end migration strategies. They will collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to ensure successful cloud transitions, implement security policies, and provide training sessions. Candidates must hold a Google Cloud Professional certification and possess extensive experience in cloud architecture and migration projects.

Formación

• 5 to 10 years of experience in cloud architecture, with a minimum of 3+ years in GCP migration projects.
• Strong understanding of cloud IAM, VPC, and networking configurations.

Responsabilidades

• Design scalable and secure GCP architectures tailored to client needs.
• Develop end-to-end migration strategies and execute the migration process.
• Collaborate with client teams to ensure seamless communication and project alignment.

Conocimientos

GCP Migration

Cloud Architecture

CI/CD Pipelines

Ansible

Documentation

DevOps Practices

Security Compliance

Networking

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification

Herramientas

Terraform

Ansible

Descripción del empleo

GCP Solution Architect - Migration Specialist

Job Description:

Job Description: GCP Solution Architect Migration Specialist

Location: Egypt & Colombia

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled GCP Solution Architect with hands‑on experience in designing, planning, and executing cloud migration projects. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in Google Cloud Platform, strong architecture design capabilities, and the ability to guide clients through complex migration journeys from on‑premise or other cloud environments to GCP.

• Design scalable, secure, and high‑performing GCP architectures tailored to business and workload requirements.
• Develop end‑to‑end migration strategies including assessment, planning, design, and execution phases.
• Lead architecture discussions and provide best‑practice guidance on compute, storage, networking, security, and data solutions in GCP.
• Create architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, and technical design documents.

Migration Delivery

• Conduct application and infrastructure assessments to determine migration readiness.
• Execute migration of applications, VMs, databases, and workloads using tools such as M4A (Migration for Applications), M4C (Migration for Compute Engine), M4D (Database Migration Service), Velostrata, Cloud Storage Transfer Service, etc.
• Optimize existing workloads for scalability, cost efficiency, and performance after migration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during migration with minimal downtime.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Work closely with clients to understand business requirements, technical constraints, and transformation goals.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, security, and data teams to deliver cohesive cloud solutions.
• Conduct migration workshops, knowledge transfer sessions, and technical training for customer teams.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure all migrated workloads comply with best practices and company security policies.
• Implement IAM roles, VPC architectures, firewalls, and encryption standards during migration.

Documentation & Governance

• Prepare solution documentation, migration runbooks, and architectural artifacts.
• Establish operational governance and post‑migration optimization guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (Masters preferred).
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification (mandatory).
• 5 to10 years of experience in cloud architecture, with a minimum of 3+ years in GCP migration projects.
• Strong understanding of:
• o Compute Engine, GKE, App Engine
• o VPC, VPN, Interconnect, load balancers
• o Cloud IAM, KMS, Security Command Center
• o Terraform, Ansible, or other IaC tools
• o CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Required Skills:

Readiness Google Cloud Platform Diagrams Gcp Compliance Pipelines CI/CD Firewalls Ansible Load Scalability Business Requirements DevOps Workshops Storage Architecture Optimization Infrastructure Networking Information Technology Databases Computer Science Security Documentation Planning Design Engineering SQL Business Science Training