GCP Migration Lead: Cloud-Native Architect

Experis Austria; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision plan

Health Savings Account

Health FSA

Dependent Care FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Charlotte, NC is seeking a GCP Application Migration Architect to lead the cloud transformation effort. You will guide audits, drive Docker/Kubernetes containerization, and modernize workloads using Google Cloud serverless services while coordinating with CI/CD and API management teams.

The role emphasizes strong cloud migration expertise, cross-team collaboration, and decisions that balance speed with long-term quality and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on development background with languages such as Java, Python, .NET, or Go; understand developers' needs during cloud migration.
• Expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration with GKE and containerized operations.
• Ability to balance lift-and-shift speed with refactoring for long-term quality and maintainability.
• Strong Google Cloud migration knowledge, familiar with Google Cloud services and managed databases.
• Experience coordinating across software development and cloud infrastructure teams for cloud-native readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead application audits to determine migration strategy, including when to keep apps as-is or microserviceize.
• Drive containerization efforts so apps run reliably with Docker and GKE.
• Modernize workloads by moving to Google Cloud serverless and managed services like Cloud Run and App Engine.
• Partner with automation and CI/CD teams to design and implement Cloud Build pipelines for testing and deployment.
• Implement secure API management using Apigee for inter-app and external communications.

Skills

Java

Python

.NET

Go

Kubernetes

GKE

Docker

Apigee

Cloud Build

Cloud Run

App Engine

Tools

Kubernetes

GKE

Docker

Apigee

Cloud Build

Cloud Run

App Engine

Job description

ManpowerGroup in Charlotte, NC is seeking a GCP Application Migration Architect to lead the cloud transformation effort. You will guide audits, drive Docker/Kubernetes containerization, and modernize workloads using Google Cloud serverless services while coordinating with CI/CD and API management teams.

The role emphasizes strong cloud migration expertise, cross-team collaboration, and decisions that balance speed with long-term quality and maintainability.