Solution Architect - GCP Cloud

Ingram Micro, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingram Micro, Inc. seeks an experienced Presales Solutions Architect in Mumbai. The role involves engaging in pre-sales activities, collaborating with stakeholders, and architecting solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Candidates should have 8 to 10 years of IT architecture experience, with a strong focus on cloud and hybrid solutions.

Strong communication skills and expertise in network and security practices are essential. Certifications like Google Cloud Professional Architect are preferred.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years in IT architecture or Presales solutions roles.
• 4 to 5 years focused on Google’s cloud/hybrid cloud.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in pre‑sales activities including solutioning and cost estimation.
• Work independently on Presales RFP/RFI to build solution proposals.
• Architect solutions on GCP-based cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

Presales Experience

Cloud Infrastructure

Networking

Terraform

CI/CD

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Terraform

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in pre‑sales activities, including solutioning, cost estimation, proposal presentations, and partner enablement sessions.
• Should be able to work independently on the Presales RFP/RFI to build solution proposals.
• Drive modernization initiatives leveraging a broad range of GCP services to improve performance and efficiency (conduct in‑depth application and infrastructure assessments and define modernization and migration paths).
• Architect solutions on GCP‑based cloud infrastructure, modernization of legacy applications to cloudnative architectures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to articulate solution concepts and influence teams.
• Mentor partner engineering team and enforce best practices.
• Working closely with the sales team to qualify leads, present the solution effectively, answer technical questions, accompany the sales team to customer/partner locations across India (need basis) for partner/customer meetings, and represent Ingram Micro at various events/workshops.

Skills

• Strong working experience in Presales with a focus on Google’s GCP (Google Cloud Platform), Compute: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Functions.
• Networking: VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud Armor.
• Database & Storage: AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, Spanner for relational workloads. Firestore, Bigtable for NoSQL applications.
• Security & IAM: Organization policies, IAM, Secret Manager, Certificate Manager, Security Command Center.
• Operations: Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Error Reporting, Cloud Trace.

Technical Skills

• Proven experience with Google infra, GKE, Terraform, Observability, CI/CD, Databases, and modernization projects.
• Strong expertise in Google Cloud Infrastructure and product solutions, and services.
• Hands‑on experience with GKE, Terraform, and CI/CD tools.
• Demonstrated success in legacy system migration and cloud modernization (VMs Workload & Database modernization (SQL Server to PostgreSQL/AlloyDB)).
• Knowledge of observability frameworks (e.g., Prometheus and Grafana).
• Good understanding of networking, security, and cloud‑native architectures.
• Strong expertise Knowledge of security best practices in cloud and distributed systems.
• Multi‑cloud architectures with Cross‑Cloud Interconnect.
• Exposure to Generative AI and agentic frameworks.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.
• Experience: 8 to 10 years in IT architecture or Presales solutions roles.
• Required: minimum 4 to 5 years focused on Google’s cloud/hybrid cloud, infrastructure modernization, or managed services.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• Problem‑Solving: Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to design solutions that address customer needs and challenges.
• Presentation: Proven experience in delivering technical presentations and demonstrations to a variety of audiences.
• Preferred Qualifications: Additional Skills: Familiarity with cloud migration strategies, DevOps practices, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Certifications

• Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect
• Optional: Google Cloud Certified, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Professional Cloud Database Engineer
• Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Associate Google Workspace Administrator