GCP Platform Architect

Persistent; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Persistent is seeking an experienced GCP Platform Architect to define and govern the Google Cloud Platform architecture across workloads, platform services, security, integrations, telemetry, and production deployments. The role requires deep GCP expertise and enterprise governance frameworks.

The ideal candidate will lead architecture reviews, establish guardrails, design scalable GKE/Cloud Run deployments, and collaborate with security, data teams, and engineering to deliver modern

Responsibilities

• Assess the current GCP platform, landing zones, shared services, and existing application architecture landscape.
• Define target-state architecture including application, deployment, network, identity, integration, data-flow, and operational views.
• Establish platform guardrails for GCP projects, service accounts, APIs, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and data governance.
• Design scalable and secure cloud-native architectures leveraging GCP services.
• Align application architecture patterns with platform capabilities, enterprise standards, and operational constraints.
• Partner with security teams to define IAM models, role-based access controls, service account strategies, and segregation-of-duties frameworks.
• Design and guide GKE-based container platforms and Cloud Run deployment architectures.
• Define integration architectures involving APIs, event-driven systems, analytics platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design BigQuery, data analytics, and telemetry architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical governance discussions, and design approval processes.
• Define non-functional requirements including scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and performance standards.
• Evaluate technical risks and provide architecture guidance for mitigation strategies.

Job description

About Position:

We are seeking an experienced GCP Platform Architect with 10 to 15 years of expertise in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and enterprise application modernization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining and governing the overall Google Cloud Platform architecture across application workloads, platform services, security, integrations, telemetry, and production deployments. This role requires deep expertise in GCP services, cloud-native architecture, identity and access management, container platforms, and enterprise governance frameworks.

• Role: GCP Platform Architect
• Location: Bangalore
• Experience: 10 to 15 years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Assess the current GCP platform, landing zones, shared services, and existing application architecture landscape.
• Define target-state architecture including application, deployment, network, identity, integration, data-flow, and operational views.
• Establish platform guardrails for GCP projects, service accounts, APIs, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and data governance.
• Design scalable and secure cloud-native architectures leveraging GCP services.
• Align application architecture patterns with platform capabilities, enterprise standards, and operational constraints.
• Partner with security teams to define IAM models, role-based access controls, service account strategies, and segregation-of-duties frameworks.
• Design and guide GKE-based container platforms and Cloud Run deployment architectures.
• Define integration architectures involving APIs, event-driven systems, analytics platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design BigQuery, data analytics, and telemetry architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical governance discussions, and design approval processes.
• Define non-functional requirements including scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and performance standards.
• Evaluate technical risks and provide architecture guidance for mitigation strategies.