Senior Cloud & Security Architect: Design Google Cloud environments and build them yourself

Gapps

Helsinki

Hybrid

EUR 72,000 - 90,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Helsinki HQ in Kalasatama

Google certifications support

Dedicated time for professional growth

Job summary

Gapps is seeking a Senior Cloud & Security Architect to design and build customer Google Cloud environments end-to-end, including networks, IAM, and guardrails. You own both architecture and implementation, coding your designs into production.

You will work hybrid from Finland, with a Helsinki HQ option, and collaborate closely with customers to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions. You’ll drive architectural conversations, mentor teammates, and contribute to AI-enabled improvements.

Qualifications

Deep hands-on Google Cloud experience from real production environments.
Background in platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps.
Infrastructure as code as your default way of working.
Security as a natural part of how you build.
Ability to explain technical trade-offs to customers and stand behind your decisions.

Responsibilities

Own the technical design of customer environments and build them in code.
Design Google Cloud architectures, IAM, networking, guardrails, and audit readiness.
Embed in a customer's development team when the project needs it.
Use AI tools in your daily work, from writing code to running tasks.
Spar with the rest of the team and support less experienced consultants.

Skills

Google Cloud

Security engineering

IaC

Architectural design

Job description

Location: Hybrid, Helsinki HQ or remote from Finland

If you've watched a few "cloud is easy" promises break in production, and you still want to be the one who builds it properly, this role at Gapps is worth a look.

Have you been thinking about your next career step, somewhere you'd get to actually do this?

Maybe you're not actively looking for a new role right now, but maybe you've been thinking:

You'd like to design the architecture and write the code for it too.
You want real ownership of infrastructure and security decisions, with clear priorities from leadership.
You're tired of hand-offs where one person designs, and someone else builds.
You want colleagues sharp enough to spar with every day.

At Gapps, we’ve learned that senior cloud experts want to get to know potential future employers well before they’re ready to make a move. We also want to connect with Senior Cloud Architects early -before there’s an urgent hiring need.

If that sounds like you, this is your invitation to start the conversation with us.

What this role is about, in short

Purpose: You'll design and build Google Cloud environments for our customers end to end: networks, IAM, security controls and guardrails, and the platforms their teams deploy on. At Gapps, the architect builds what they design, in code.

"At a lot of consulting companies, an architect designs something and stops there. Someone else builds it," says Eelis Orvas, our Principal Cloud & Security Architect. Architecture, customer conversations and the build are all one job here, and the build stays with you. Eelis puts that part bluntly: "Here, at Gapps, if you design it, you build it too, and all of it happens in code. You need to be technical."

Location: Hybrid role in Finland. Work remotely or from our Helsinki HQ (Kalasatama). What we care about is impact and ownership. There's no required number of office days.

Growth: You can grow toward principal-level architecture or deeper into security. There's also room to shape how Gapps builds its cloud services, including AI-related work for customers.

Team: You'll join our Google Cloud team, where tenures range from 8 months to nearly 10 years. Everyone is usually deep in a different customer's problem, and the team meets in a 30-minute daily standup where blockers surface and people offer help.

No bench: We hire when there's work. Nobody is brought in to sit and wait for a project to start.

Compensation: Salary range for senior cloud talents 72 000-90 000 € / year depending on your experience and seniority. Principal-level profiles discussed individually.

Why this probably isn't for you: At Gapps, the architect also builds. If you'd rather design and hand the build to someone else, this won't fit. The work is customer work, and you'll often spend long stretches inside one customer's environment or development team. If you want a purely internal role, this probably won't feel right. We also ask what you want to build next. If the honest answer is "whatever pays best", the fit probably isn't there.

Why this could be your next career move

Maybe you've spent years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps, and security has become a natural part of how you work.

You know Google Cloud well. You've probably also watched a design turn into something else by the time it runs in production. Here that stays in your hands. You design it, you build it, and you see how it behaves in production.

What the work looks like depends on the customer. Right now, one architect on the team has spent about 10 months on AI-related work for one customer, and another spends most of his time inside a customer's development team. Another has spent this whole year on GCP development for a single customer.

Read what the Google Cloud team at Gapps does all day, in their own words>>

This is a strong next career step if you:

Want both clear frames and room to execute: priorities you understand, and no micromanagement
Like working close to customers and being trusted with the hard technical calls
Care about technical honesty and customer value that holds up in audits, recovery, and real incidents
Appreciate calm, professional collaboration more than hype or heroics

"A good colleague should think like a trusted advisor," says Alejandro López Vidal, our Senior Cloud Architect. "We're not trying to squeeze the client. We're trying to give them the best value."

Gapps is a good place for professionals who have a life outside work and still care about doing high-quality work. We're an expert house that's deliberately growing up: building clearer structures and raising the bar on how we deliver.

If you want a role where your technical judgment is trusted and you can see your own work running in production years later, this might be it.

Role details

What you'd actually do

As a Senior Cloud & Security Architect, you own the technical design of customer environments and build them with the team. You make the architecture decisions, explain the trade-offs to people who aren't architects, and stand behind the result.

Read more about our customers>>

Your work typically includes:

Designing Google Cloud architectures and building them in code
Building security into the foundation: IAM, networking, guardrails, and audit readiness
Improving existing environments: security, cost (including FinOps work), performance, and governance
Working embedded in a customer's development team when the project needs it
Using AI tools in your daily work, from writing code to running your tasks
Sparring with the rest of the team and supporting less experienced consultants

The team uses AI every day, each in their own way. For Eelis, it changed what building looks like:

"I don't build much myself anymore," says Eelis. "It's prompting, looking at the output, and correcting what I want done differently."

What a typical week looks like

Most weeks include a mix of:

The team's 30-minute daily standup
Hands-on architecture and build work, in code
Customer meetings and workshops (remote and occasionally on-site)
Technical decisions with customer IT, security and development teams
Problem-solving when production doesn't match the plan (because it rarely does)

Some projects run for years. Eelis started building an insurance customer's Google Cloud environment from nothing five years ago, and today almost all of their infrastructure runs on Google Cloud. What stays consistent is that you own your part and say it early when something changes.

Who you'd work with

Internally, you'll work closely with:

Other architects in our Google Cloud team, from principal level to newer team members
Project & Change Managers, who lead overall delivery and change tracks
Other Google Cloud consultants with different backgrounds and strengths

On the customer side, your stakeholders typically include:

IT leadership and internal project managers
Information security
The customer's own development and platform teams
Steering groups in larger organizations

"In a lot of consultancies, there's a wall between you and management. Here, everyone's approachable, even the CEO, Vesa Sironen, and if something's actually blocking you, it gets removed fast," says Jarno Nauska, our Principal Cloud & Security Architect.

About Gapps

Gapps is a Finnish digital workplace company that helps organizations work smarter with cloud-based tools. Since 2010, we've helped hundreds of companies adopt Google solutions.

We're a team of around 35 experts: consultants, engineers, and change professionals who believe technology should make work more human. Our culture is open and keeps evolving. We try things and keep what works.

We're entering our next growth phase and looking for people who want to shape both our business and how we work.

Practicalities & benefits

Compensation: Salary range for senior cloud talents 72 000-90 000 € / year depending on your experience and seniority. Principal-level profiles discussed individually.
Location: Hybrid work from our Helsinki HQ in Kalasatama or remotely from anywhere in Finland
Modern office & perks: Our Kalasatama office has ergonomic desks, quiet spaces, a gym, and snacks. You'll also get modern work tools and support to set up your remote workstation
Employment type: Full-time, permanent.
Growth: You'll have access to Google certifications and support for professional development. Dedicated time for studying and professional growth is included in your work
Culture & team: Small, skilled team with sparring partners and real chances to influence the company's direction. Low hierarchy, built on trust. We care about both results and well-being.
Well-being: Extensive occupational healthcare, comprehensive insurance, and benefits supporting both physical and mental health.

Interested?

If this sounds like the next step you've been waiting for, we'd love to hear from you.

Who we're hoping to meet

You likely have:

Deep hands-on Google Cloud experience from real production environments
A background in platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps
Infrastructure as code as your default way of working
Security as a natural part of how you build
The ability to explain technical trade-offs to customers and stand behind your decisions
A clear idea of what you want to build next. Substance comes first, and after that we look at how you think and what you want to do

You're probably senior or principal level, and you care more about technical honesty than hype.

You want to work with smart, kind professionals, in a company small enough to matter, but mature enough to deliver substantial transformations.

What happens next?

If this resonates, send us your application!

Simply press apply and leave us your profile and contact details. That's enough for now.

Pressing apply tells us you might be open to your next career step with Gapps. If we see a strong match between your background and what we'll need as a business, you'll hear from us within a few weeks. (You will hear from us anyway!)

If your own timing is right now, say so in your application, and we'll move at your pace.

How the process runs: a conversation about what you want to build next, and one problem-solving session with one of our architects. No personality tests, no trick technical interviews.

Our goal is to start the conversation early, so when the time is right for both parties, we can proceed to employment quickly.

Questions? Reach out to our recruitment partner Linda Nguyen at linda.nguyen@gapps.fi.

At Gapps, our mission has always been the same: to work smarter and more human. The challenge hasn't changed, but the tools have. We started with cloud and Google Workspace, and today we're building the next era of digital work with AI and intelligent automation.

From a small team in Finland to a leading Google partner in the Nordics, our journey has been about combining expertise with openness, curiosity, and a commitment to sustainable quality. The human side has stayed: 'human included' is still at the core of how we work with each other and our clients.