Part-time Senior Google Cloud / AI Solutions Architect (EMEA/LATAM)

Akvelon; Greater London; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Akvelon is seeking a Senior Google Cloud / AI Solutions Architect to serve as a technical pre-sales lead for an enterprise GCP partnership. You will collaborate with Google Sales and customer teams to shape opportunities, pitch credible solutions, and drive architecture from discovery through delivery.

The role requires hands-on GCP project leadership, strong communication, and the ability to travel to the United States for client meetings on short notice.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience architecting and launching enterprise GCP customer projects in production.
• Technical sales experience at Google Cloud, a major GCP partner or systems integrator, or comparable client-facing architecture experience.
• Proven end-to-end ownership from lead and discovery through proposal, prototype, and full-scale delivery.
• Deep GCP expertise across Google AI, Gemini, Vertex AI, data platforms, and enterprise application or migration scenarios.
• Strong English, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to travel to the United States for client meetings on short notice.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Google Sales, field teams, and customers to identify and shape GCP opportunities.
• Lead discovery, solution architecture, proposals, and prototypes that make the business value clear.
• Build compelling use cases across Gemini and Vertex AI, BigQuery, Iceberg, GKE, Cloud Run, and cloud migrations.
• Act as the lead architect when signed opportunities transition into delivery.
• Support Google co-sell motions and relevant funding-program discussions.

Skills

GCP expertise

Technical sales

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Travel readiness

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Google Cloud / AI Solutions Architect to act as a technical pre-sales lead for an enterprise GCP partnership. The role works with Google Sales and customer teams to shape opportunities, pitch credible solutions, and lead architecture when signed engagements move into delivery.

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience architecting and launching enterprise GCP customer projects in production;

• Technical sales experience at Google Cloud, a major GCP partner or systems integrator, or comparable client-facing architecture experience;

• Proven end-to-end ownership from lead and discovery through proposal, prototype, and full-scale delivery;

• Deep GCP expertise across Google AI, Gemini, Vertex AI, data platforms, and enterprise application or migration scenarios;

• Strong English, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills;

• Ability to travel to the United States for client meetings on short notice.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Google Sales, field teams, and customers to identify and shape GCP opportunities;

• Lead discovery, solution architecture, proposals, and prototypes that make the business value clear;

• Build compelling use cases across Gemini and Vertex AI, BigQuery, Iceberg, GKE, Cloud Run, and cloud migrations;

• Act as the lead architect when signed opportunities transition into delivery;

• Support Google co-sell motions and relevant funding-program discussions.

Nice to Have:

• Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification;

• Experience with RAG, AI agents, production LLM applications, or knowledge-base transformation;

• Experience migrating workloads from AWS or Azure to GCP.

Working Conditions:

• Work model: Remote B2B;

• Overlap: PST until 12:00 PM minimum, preferably until 2:00 PM;

• Target start date: ASAP.

Locations: EMEA/LATAM (Remote)