Google Cloud Architect

Resource On Demand Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is looking for a Google Cloud Architect to spearhead cloud infrastructure and security projects in London. This mid-senior level role involves designing secure GCP environments and leading cloud migrations with a focus on automation and compliance. Candidates should possess significant experience in cloud architecture, particularly GCP and Terraform, and ideally hold a relevant cloud certification. The position offers a flexible contract role with an opportunity to be at the forefront of cloud innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience with GCP, Terraform, and GKE is essential.
• Experience leading cloud migrations and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable GCP Landing Zones.
• Collaborate with teams for cloud environment security and compliance.
• Drive automation with Terraform.

Skills

GCP environments design

Terraform for infrastructure-as-code

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Cloud migration projects

IAM and compliance controls

Education

Google Cloud Platform certification

Job description

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Base pay range

Our client, a leading consulting company, are seeking a Google Cloud Architect to lead enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and security projects.

This is a contract position, and will require you to work 3 days a week from their London based office.

Ready to take your Google Cloud expertise to the next level? Apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

As the Google Cloud Architect you’ll design and implement secure, scalable GCP Landing Zones, drive automation with Terraform, and architect Kubernetes (GKE) solutions.

This hands-on role involves collaborating with security, engineering, and DevOps teams to deliver robust cloud environments and manage multi-cloud migrations, ensuring compliance with enterprise governance standards.

Skills and Experience Required:

We are seeking someone with the following skills:

• Demonstrable experience designing and implementing secure, production-grade GCP environments, including Landing Zones, IAM, networking, and compliance controls.
• Strong hands-on ability with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, including modular design, automation (e.g., GitHub Actions/Terraform Cloud), and CI/CD best practices.
• Proven capability in architecting and deploying Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, including service mesh, autoscaling, workload identity, and observability.
• Solid understanding of GCP security, identity federation (SAML/OIDC), RBAC, Zero Trust networking, and VPC Service Controls.
• Experience leading cloud migration projects, including DNS, traffic switching, disaster recovery, and designing secure VPC networks with hybrid connectivity.
• Ideally have experience leading or supporting Datacenter EU to ZA migrations for either Google or Azure.
• Currently hold one or more Google Cloud Platform certifications would be advantageous.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media and IT Services and IT Consulting

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