Enterprise / Cloud Architect – GCP | Application Migration

Arkhya Tech Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkhya Tech Inc. seeks an experienced Enterprise/Cloud Architect to lead the migration of a large monolithic Java app to Google Cloud Platform.

You will define the target GCP architecture, devise migration strategies, and enable cloud-based operations across stateful workloads. The role emphasizes DNS-based service discovery, GKE architecture, and high availability, with collaboration across Application, Network, Security, DevOps, and Platform teams to ensure latency, scalability, and

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years in Enterprise/Cloud Architecture.
• Hands-on with GCP and GKE.
• Experience migrating large monolithic Java applications to cloud platforms.
• Valkey/Redis caching MUST HAVE.
• DNS-based service discovery and routing knowledge.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration of a large monolithic Java app to GCP.
• Define target-state GCP architecture and migration roadmap.
• Design stateful session management across cloud instances and containers.
• Implement DNS-based service discovery to replace fixed-IP dependencies.
• Design DNS routing strategies to remove server IP dependencies.
• Design and validate connectivity across GCP services and GKE.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve connectivity and performance challenges.
• Review architecture designs, PoCs, and migration artifacts.

Skills

GCP

GKE

Java architecture

Cloud migration

Stateful workloads

Session management

DNS-based service discovery

Valkey/Redis caching

Cloud networking

High availability

Leadership

Architectural governance

Tools

GCP Console

Kubernetes

DNS tooling

Job description

Location: Austin, TX - Hybrid

Job Type: Full-Time / Contract

Experience: 12-15+ Years

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise / Cloud Architect with strong expertise in GCP, GKE, enterprise application migration, and Java application architecture.

The architect will lead the migration and cloud enablement of a large monolithic Java application to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while maintaining existing functional and non-functional requirements.

The ideal candidate must have strong experience with stateful workloads, session management, DNS-based service discovery, GKE architecture, GCP networking, high availability, and Valkey/Redis caching.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and migration of a large monolithic Java application to GCP.
• Define target-state GCP architecture, migration strategy, and cloud enablement roadmap.
• Design and manage stateful session and connection management across cloud instances and containers.
• Implement DNS-based service discovery to replace fixed-IP dependencies.
• Design DNS routing strategies to eliminate application dependency on server IP addresses.
• Design and validate application connectivity across GCP services and GKE.
• Design GKE architecture focused on scalability, resilience, availability, and stateful workloads.
• Validate application and session persistence during GCP instance restarts, GKE pod restarts, and pod rescheduling.
• Design and implement Valkey/Redis caching solutions, including high availability, scalability, and application integration.
• Collaborate with Application, Network, Security, DevOps, and Platform teams to resolve connectivity, latency, availability, and session-management challenges.
• Define enterprise architecture guardrails, patterns, standards, and best practices for GCP workloads.
• Design high-availability and failover strategies for business-critical applications.
• Review and validate architecture designs, PoCs, migration plans, and implementation artifacts.
• Identify application dependencies, migration risks, technical constraints, and required cloud remediation.
• Provide technical leadership across application modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.

Must-Have Technical Skills

• 12-15+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Cloud Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with GCP and GKE.
• Proven experience migrating large, tightly coupled monolithic Java applications to cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of Java application architecture and cloud migration.
• Strong experience with stateful applications and session lifecycle management.
• Hands-on or architecture-level experience with Valkey/Redis caching – MUST HAVE.
• Strong understanding of DNS-based service discovery and routing.
• Experience designing GKE environments for scalable and stateful workloads.
• Strong GCP networking knowledge, including:
• Load balancing
• DNS and service routing
• Network connectivity
• Fixed-IP replacement strategies
• High availability and failover
• Strong understanding of application performance, scalability, resiliency, and availability.
• Understanding of cloud security, observability, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Strong background in legacy application modernization and cloud enablement.
• Experience driving architecture decisions across Application, Cloud, Network, Security, and DevOps teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

Please prioritize candidates who have:

• 12-15+ years of architecture experience.
• Strong GCP + GKE experience.
• Valkey/Redis implementation or architecture experience – MUST HAVE.
• Strong GCP networking + DNS/service discovery knowledge.
• Experience with HA, failover, scalability, and resiliency for enterprise applications.
• Strong communication and architecture leadership skills.