Senior GCP Infrastructure Architect

HCL Technologies Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Riyadh is seeking a Senior GCP Architect to design and govern complex cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead migrations, implement automated deployment pipelines, and drive security governance across teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL/Spanner, and Cloud Monitoring, with hands-on experience in CI/CD and comprehensive documentation.

Qualifications

• Expert-level proficiency with Compute Engine VM management, instance groups, and cost optimization.
• In-depth knowledge of VPC networking, subnets, peering, load balancing, and Cloud CDN.
• Experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Docker, and container security best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, and Firestore management.
• Proficient in Cloud Operations for monitoring, logging, and tracing; capable of configuring complex alerts.
• Experience with Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager for IaC.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy large-scale IaaS solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Lead migration of on-premises workloads to GCP with minimal downtime.
• Implement proactive monitoring and logging using Cloud Monitoring/Logging.
• Define IAM roles and security policies; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Mentor engineers and document architectures and procedures.

Skills

Compute Engine

Networking

Storage

Containers and orchestration

Databases

Observability

Automation and IaC

Scripting

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud Deployment Manager

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Cloud Build

Cloud Monitoring

Cloud Logging

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited in Riyadh is seeking a Senior GCP Architect to design and govern complex cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead migrations, implement automated deployment pipelines, and drive security governance across teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL/Spanner, and Cloud Monitoring, with hands-on experience in CI/CD and comprehensive documentation.