Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect

GlassHouse Systems; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Life insurance

Pension plan

Professional development

Amazing company culture

Job summary

GlassHouse Systems is seeking an experienced Google Cloud Platform Architect to design, lead, and deliver enterprise cloud transformation initiatives for clients. You will act as a trusted advisor, defining cloud strategy and architecting scalable, secure solutions leveraging Google Cloud.

The role combines deep technical expertise with client-facing consulting to guide complex migrations, modernization, and application transformation in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud consulting, or solution architecture.
• 5+ years designing and delivering public cloud solutions.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise-scale Google Cloud solutions.
• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization projects.
• Consulting or professional services experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud architectures leveraging Google Cloud services and best practices.
• Develop cloud adoption roadmaps, landing zones, governance frameworks, and operating models.
• Lead cloud assessments and provide strategic recommendations for modernization initiatives.
• Define architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures for enterprise environments.
• Architect scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Design solutions across compute, storage, networking, databases, analytics, and security domains.
• Lead workload migrations from on-premises, AWS, Azure, or other platforms to GCP.
• Support containerization, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native application architectures.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure successful implementation and operational readiness.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead discovery workshops, architecture reviews, and executive presentations.
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture designs.
• Prepare solution documentation, architecture diagrams, proposals, and statements of work.
• Design secure architectures aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Implement IAM, security controls, monitoring, and compliance frameworks into solution architecture.
• Establish governance, operational processes, and cloud financial management practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to consultants, engineers, and project teams.
• Mentor technical team members on cloud architecture principles and best practices.
• Contribute to practice development, service offerings, reusable assets, and thought leadership initiatives.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

GKE

GCE

Cloud Storage

Cloud SQL

BigQuery

IAM

Security Command Center

Terraform

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Containerization

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

GHS is seeking an experienced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect to design, lead, and deliver enterprise cloud transformation initiatives for our clients. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor, helping customers define their cloud strategy, architect scalable solutions, and guide successful implementations leveraging Google Cloud technologies.

Experience architecting solutions that integrate cloud, security, data, AI, and managed services capabilities in enterprise environments, particularly within regulated industries

This role combines deep technical expertise with strong client-facing consulting skills and requires the ability to lead complex cloud migration, modernization, and application transformation projects.

Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

• Design end-to-end cloud architectures leveraging Google Cloud services and best practices.
• Develop cloud adoption roadmaps, landing zones, governance frameworks, and operating models.
• Lead cloud assessments and provide strategic recommendations for modernization initiatives.
• Define architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures for enterprise environments.

Solution Design & Implementation

• Architect scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Design solutions across compute, storage, networking, databases, analytics, and security domains.
• Lead workload migrations from on-premises, AWS, Azure, or other platforms to GCP.
• Support containerization, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native application architectures.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure successful implementation and operational readiness.

Client Engagement

• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead discovery workshops, architecture reviews, and executive presentations.
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture designs.
• Prepare solution documentation, architecture diagrams, proposals, and statements of work.

Security & Governance

• Design secure architectures aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Implement Integrate identity and access management, security controls, monitoring, and compliance frameworks into solution architecture.
• Establish governance, operational processes, and cloud financial management practices.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to consultants, engineers, and project teams.
• Mentor technical team members on cloud architecture principles and best practices.
• Contribute to practice development, service offerings, reusable assets, and thought leadership initiatives.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud consulting, or solution architecture.
• 5+ years designing and delivering public cloud solutions.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise-scale Google Cloud solutions.
• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization projects.
• Consulting or professional services experience is strongly preferred.

Technical Expertise

Strong knowledge of:

• Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud SQL
• BigQuery
• Cloud Networking
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Security Command Center
• Cloud Monitoring and Operations Suite
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Container and Kubernetes technologies

Additional Experience

• Data and analytics solutions
• AI/ML services on GCP
• Hybrid cloud architectures
• Multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS)
• Enterprise integration patterns
• Disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Certifications

• Google Professional Cloud Architect (strongly preferred)
• Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Terraform Associate
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA/CKAD)

Personal attributes

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with technical and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent consulting, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to delivery excellence.

Disclaimer

The rate for this position is $160K-200K. The rate is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

As part of our hiring process, we use AI tools to support resume screening and candidate evaluation.

What you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• Health benefits (medical, vision, dental)
• Life insurance
• Pension plan
• Professional development
• Amazing company culture

Join a team of professionals led by a diverse set of leaders from across the industry.

GlassHouse Systems commitment:

We believe that a diverse team is the key to innovation and growth. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at our company and encourages all candidates to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

GlassHouse Systems will accommodate individuals with disabilities through each stage of the recruitment process. Please advise us of any needs when your interview is booked and we will do our best to meet your needs.

Please note that all candidates have to be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Any offer of employment will be conditional upon a criminal record check.

GlassHouse Systems thanks all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.