Senior GCP Cloud Architect – Onsite Kuwait

Abacus; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 54,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Kuwait City is seeking aSenior Cloud Architect to design and implement scalable, secure GCP solutions on-site. You will lead infrastructure management, security, migrations, and cost optimization while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, fluency in Arabic and English, and strong DevOps/automation skills using Terraform, Jenkins, and GitOps. On-site work in Kuwait City is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior-level candidate with 5+ years in cloud architecture and GCP.
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud solutions and migrations.
• Proficient in IaC, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams in Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture Design: Develop blueprints for scalable, secure GCP solutions and align with business goals.
• Infrastructure Management: Oversee deployment and management of cloud resources with high availability.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security frameworks using IAM, VPC configs, and Security Center.
• Cloud Cost Optimization: Analyze expenditures and optimize resource usage and contracts.
• Cloud Migrations: Plan and execute migrations from on-prem to GCP, including multi-cloud transitions.
• Automation & DevOps: Use Terraform/Deployment Manager; CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins/GitOps/Cloud Build.
• Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Design DR plans and failover strategies with defined RTO/RPO.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Translate needs from developers and operations into cloud solutions in both languages.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Infrastructure Management

Security & Compliance

Cloud Cost Optimization

Cloud Migrations

Automation & DevOps

Disaster Recovery & High Availability

Stakeholder Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Deployment Manager

Jenkins

GitOps

Ansible

Cloud Build

Kubernetes (GKE)

IAM

VPC

Security Command Center

BigQuery

Cloud Dataflow

Cloud Pub/Sub

Cloud Logging

Cloud Monitoring

Stackdriver

Job description

Abacus Kuwait City is seeking aSenior Cloud Architect to design and implement scalable, secure GCP solutions on-site. You will lead infrastructure management, security, migrations, and cost optimization while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, fluency in Arabic and English, and strong DevOps/automation skills using Terraform, Jenkins, and GitOps. On-site work in Kuwait City is expected.