GCP Cloud Migration Architect

Tekgence Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekkinge Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead production migrations from Azure or AWS to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will drive target-state architecture, manage migration risks, and guide teams through phased delivery and production readiness reviews.

The role emphasizes hyperscaler migrations, LLM-based architectures, data migration strategies, and zero-downtime cutovers, with close collaboration across stakeholders and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud migrations to GCP from Azure/AWS.
• Strong data migration planning and zero-downtime cutovers.
• Experience designing LLM-based architectures.
• Stakeholder management and architectural governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and execution of migrations to GCP from Azure or AWS.
• Design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient GCP architectures.
• Define migration strategies for apps, databases, storage, and AI services.
• Develop zero-downtime data migration approaches with validation and rollback.
• Evaluate and implement LLM-based, agent‑orchestration architectures.
• Guide IaC, CI/CD, deployment sequencing, and production readiness.
• Assess risks and present technical recommendations to stakeholders.
• Lead architecture reviews and phase-gate decisions for reliability.

Skills

GCP expertise

Cloud migrations

LLM architectures

Data migration

Zero-downtime deployment

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Security

Networking

Cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Austin Texas (Local needed or ready to relocate )

Telecom domain Experience is Preferred

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead the architecture and execution of a production migration from Microsoft Azure or AWS to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will combine deep GCP architecture expertise with hands‑on experience in hyperscaler migrations, LLM-based application architectures, data migration strategies, and production cutovers with zero‑downtime requirements.

The architect will work closely with application, data, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to define the target‑state architecture, manage migration risks, and guide implementation teams through phased delivery and production readiness reviews.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and execution of production migrations from Azure or AWS to GCP.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective GCP architectures aligned with business and application requirements.
• Define migration strategies for applications, databases, storage, caching, AI services, monitoring, and networking.
• Architect zero‑downtime data migration approaches, including dual‑write patterns, data reconciliation, validation, rollback, and cutover strategies.
• Design and evaluate LLM‑based application architectures, including provider transitions and agent‑orchestration frameworks.
• Guide infrastructure engineering teams on Infrastructure‑as‑Code, CI/CD orchestration, deployment sequencing, and operational readiness.
• Assess technical trade‑offs, dependencies, risks, and migration options, presenting recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
• Lead architecture reviews and phase‑gate discussions, ensuring that migration decisions meet reliability, security, performance, and business continuity requirements.
• Evaluate emerging Google Cloud agent technologies, including the Agent Development Kit (ADK), to inform future‑state architecture decisions.