GCP Architect - W2 Only

Saransh Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Saransh Inc. is seeking a hands-on GCP Architect for an onsite role in New York, NY. The candidate will provide cloud leadership, design scalable infra, and drive automation using Terraform, GKE, Vertex AI, and CI/CD tooling.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of cloud engineering experience in production environments, strong security awareness, and the ability to collaborate with client teams on complex Google Cloud projects.

Qualifications

• Hands-on GCP architect with Terraform and GKE experience.
• Experience with Vertex AI and other GCP AI services.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Experience securing cloud environments and IAM, networking, and data protection.
• At least 5 years of cloud engineering in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules for automated provisioning.
• Support GKE deployments and Kubernetes platform operations.
• Integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement governance and compliance controls.
• Apply cloud security best practices across identity, networking, secrets management, and data protection.
• Support AI/ML workloads and secure adoption of Vertex AI services.

Skills

GCP

GKE

CI/CD Pipelines

Vertex AI

Terraform

Job description

Role: GCP Architect

Location: Onsite - New York, NY

W2 Position

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
• CI/CD Pipelines (Harness or equivalent)
• Vertex AI / GCP AI Services

Name

• CI/CD for SiteCore
• Google Vertex AI
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• GCP
• Terraform

Job Description/ Responsibilities Position Summary

Seeking a hands-on GCP Architect with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform and Terraform to support a strategic New York Life initiative.

The ideal candidate will provide GCP technical leadership, build and automate cloud infrastructure, and apply cloud security best practices while being mentored on advanced security controls by the client team.

Duration: 6 to 12 months T&M.

Top 5 Primary Technical Skills

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
• CI/CD Pipelines (Harness or equivalent)
• Vertex AI / GCP AI Services

Secondary Technical Skills

• GCP Security Services (IAM, Cloud Armor, KMS, Secret Manager)
• VPC Service Controls
• Security Command Center (SCC)
• ICAM / Identity & Access Management

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules for automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Support GKE deployments and Kubernetes platform operations.
• Integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement governance and compliance controls.
• Apply cloud security best practices across identity, networking, secrets management, and data protection.
• Support AI/ML workloads and secure adoption of Vertex AI services.

Experience

• 5+ years of cloud engineering experience.
• Recent hands-on experience with GCP in production environments.
• Strong Terraform implementation experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes, automation, and modern DevOps practices.
• Working knowledge of cloud security concepts and controls.