GCP Infrastructure Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Hyderabad, India, seeks an experienced GCP Infrastructure Architect to lead design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-scale GCP environments. The role demands deep expertise in GCP infrastructure, cloud architecture, and security.

You will drive cloud architecture strategy, hybrid connectivity, IaC with Terraform, and cloud migration programs while mentoring teams and presenting architecture options to executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience.
• Minimum 4+ years hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience.
• Expertise in VPC, Subnets, GKE, Anthos, Load Balancers, Firewalls, Cloud Storage.
• Experience designing enterprise cloud architectures and migrations.
• Hybrid cloud architecture and secure connectivity.
• Strong networking, security, and governance knowledge.
• Experience with IAM, Cloud Security, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure GCP infrastructure solutions.
• Define cloud adoption roadmaps and target-state architectures.
• Assess IT landscapes and recommend modernization.
• Design hybrid cloud connectivity and networking solutions.
• Lead cloud migration assessments and modernization initiatives.
• Mentor teams and present architecture options to stakeholders.

Skills

GCP Infrastructure

Cloud Architecture

Hybrid Cloud

Networking & Security

IaC (Terraform)

Leadership & Stakeholder Mgmt

GKE & Anthos

Monitoring & Governance

Tools

GKE

Anthos

Shared VPC

Cloud Composer

Load Balancers

Cloud KMS

Cloud Armor

Job description

We are seeking an experienced GCP Infrastructure Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in GCP Infrastructure, Cloud Architecture, Hybrid Cloud Connectivity, Cloud Migration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Security, Networking, and Cloud Governance.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

• Design and implement scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available GCP infrastructure solutions.
• Define cloud adoption strategies, migration roadmaps, and target-state architecture frameworks.
• Assess current IT landscapes and recommend modernization approaches.
• Design hybrid cloud architectures and connectivity solutions.

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Design and implement cloud foundations including:
  • Projects
  • Shared VPCs
  • Dedicated Subnets
  • Landing Zones
  • Guardrails
  • Security Boundaries
• Establish reusable cloud architecture patterns and standards.

GCP Infrastructure Services

Design and manage infrastructure solutions leveraging:

• VPC
• Subnets
• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
• Anthos
• Managed Instance Groups (MIG)
• Cloud Composer
• Load Balancers
• Firewalls
• Persistent Disks
• Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
• GCS Fuse

Cloud Security & Governance

• Implement Zero-Trust security architectures.
• Design cloud security controls and governance frameworks.
• Implement:
  • IAM
  • Secret Manager
  • Cloud KMS
  • Security Command Center
  • BeyondCorp Enterprise
  • Cloud Armor
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and regulatory standards.

Hybrid Connectivity & Networking

• Design enterprise connectivity solutions using:
  • InterConnect
  • VPN
  • Cloud DNS
  • Cloud CDN
  • Cloud NAT
  • Traffic Director
  • Service Directory
  • Cloud Load Balancing
• Architect secure hybrid cloud connectivity models.

Monitoring & Operations

• Implement monitoring, logging, and operational governance using:
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Logging
  • Cloud Trace
  • Error Reporting
• Establish operational excellence and observability standards.

Migration & Modernization

• Lead cloud migration assessments.
• Create cloud adoption and migration plans.
• Design intermediate-state and target-state architectures.
• Re-engineer applications, data models, and dependency maps for cloud adoption.
• Support Google Cloud RAMP programs and modernization initiatives.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders.
• Create executive-level architecture presentations and solution documents.
• Provide architecture guidance and technology leadership.
• Present solution options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive best practices adoption.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 4+ years of hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience.
• Strong expertise in:
  • VPC
  • Subnets
  • GKE
  • Anthos
  • Load Balancers
  • Firewalls
  • Cloud Storage
• Experience designing enterprise cloud architectures.
• Strong cloud migration and cloud adoption planning experience.
• Hybrid cloud architecture and connectivity experience.
• Strong networking and security knowledge.
• Experience with:
  • Shared VPC
  • IAM
  • Cloud Security
  • Governance
  • Monitoring
• Experience with containerization and microservices architectures.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Terraform Infrastructure as Code.
• Google Cloud RAMP.
• Active Assist.
• StratoZone.
• Operational Excellence Frameworks.
• FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization.
• Multi-region cloud architectures.
• Enterprise platform modernization programs.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong cloud architecture and consulting experience.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence architecture decisions and technology roadmaps.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Self-starter capable of driving large transformation programs independently.