Retail GCP Cloud Architect - Enterprise Solutions Leader

Publicis Sapient; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 136,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development

Competitive compensation

Flexibility for work-life balance

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous paid leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Chicago is seeking a Retail Enterprise Cloud (GCP) Architect for a hybrid role. You will design and implement scalable enterprise architectures across cloud and on-prem environments, guiding cross-functional teams to align technology with business objectives.

The ideal candidate has strong leadership in GCP, experience with retail and payments ecosystems, and a track record of decomposing monoliths into microservices.

Qualifications

• Senior hands-on engineering leadership experience in GCP enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software architecture.
• Experience designing and modernizing complex, business-critical technology platforms.
• Strong background in retail, restaurant, hospitality, point-of-sale, payments, digital commerce, or distributed store systems.
• Demonstrated experience decomposing monolithic applications into modular or microservices-based architectures.
• Experience designing solutions across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and edge environments.
• Strong understanding of APIs, event-driven architecture, distributed systems, messaging, integration, and data patterns.
• Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, and Apigee.
• Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps practices.
• Experience integrating payment terminals, store peripherals, or other hardware with enterprise applications.
• Understanding of payment security, privacy, resilience, and production-operational requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design reviews, architecture governance, proof-of-concepts, and technical-risk assessments.
• Experience mentoring architects or engineers and providing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Java and modern Java frameworks, including Spring Boot, Micronaut, or comparable technologies.
• Experience with Pub/Sub, Kafka, Cassandra, distributed messaging, or event-streaming platforms.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of point-of-sale integration standards such as JPOS or OPOS.
• Experience with payment authorization, reconciliation, settlement-related processing, or acquirer integration.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or comparable monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, SOLID, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience supporting technology deployed across a large distributed estate of restaurants or stores.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies that support business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Design and optimize enterprise-wide systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend innovative solutions that drive business value.
• Lead architecture reviews, ensuring that solutions adhere to best practices and compliance standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Ansible

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Chicago is seeking a Retail Enterprise Cloud (GCP) Architect for a hybrid role. You will design and implement scalable enterprise architectures across cloud and on-prem environments, guiding cross-functional teams to align technology with business objectives.

The ideal candidate has strong leadership in GCP, experience with retail and payments ecosystems, and a track record of decomposing monoliths into microservices.