Architect

Virtusa; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa is seeking a senior Cloud Platform Engineer in Austin, TX, to design, build, and manage enterprise-grade GCP cloud platforms supporting scalable, highly available applications. You will lead the implementation of GCP landing zones, automation with Terraform, and container platforms using GKE and Cloud Run, while collaborating across DevOps, Security, and Architecture teams.

This role demands 8+ years in cloud infra and strong GCP expertise, with a focus on security, cost optimization,

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Cloud Infrastructure or related fields.
• 4+ years hands-on with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage enterprise-grade GCP cloud platforms supporting scalable and highly available applications.
• Implement and manage GCP landing zones, projects, folders, organizations, resource hierarchies, and enterprise cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and other automation tools.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure.
• Implement enterprise DevOps and CI/CD solutions using GCP-native and industry-standard tools.
• Build and manage container platforms using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run.
• Implement cloud networking solutions including VPC, VPN, Interconnect, load balancing, firewall policies, and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
• Implement cloud security, identity, access management, governance, and compliance controls.
• Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational visibility across GCP environments.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, containerization, and re-architecting.
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, security, performance, and availability issues.
• Implement cloud cost optimization and capacity management strategies.
• Collaborate with Application, DevOps, Security, Data, and Architecture teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Establish and maintain cloud platform standards, reusable templates, automation frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Technical Leads on GCP platform engineering and cloud-native technologies.

Skills

GCP expertise

Cloud Platform Engineering

DevOps

CI/CD

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

GCP

GKE

Cloud Run

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage enterprise-grade GCP cloud platforms supporting scalable and highly available applications.
• Implement and manage GCP landing zones, projects, folders, organizations, resource hierarchies, and enterprise cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and other automation tools.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure.
• Implement enterprise DevOps and CI/CD solutions using GCP-native and industry-standard tools.
• Build and manage container platforms using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run.
• Implement cloud networking solutions including VPC, VPN, Interconnect, load balancing, firewall policies, and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
• Implement cloud security, identity, access management, governance, and compliance controls.
• Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational visibility across GCP environments.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, containerization, and re-architecting.
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, security, performance, and availability issues.
• Implement cloud cost optimization and capacity management strategies.
• Collaborate with Application, DevOps, Security, Data, and Architecture teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Establish and maintain cloud platform standards, reusable templates, automation frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Technical Leads on GCP platform engineering and cloud-native technologies.

Qualifications

• Overall Experience: 8+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• GCP Experience: 4+ years of hands‑on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong hands‑on experience designing, implementing, automating, and operating enterprise‑scale GCP environments.
• Experience with cloud migration, modernization, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering.
• Experience implementing cloud security, governance, networking, monitoring, and cost‑optimization practices.
• Experience working with DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containers, and Kubernetes.