Senior Cloud Architect - Google Cloud Modernization Lead

Guidehouse Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead the modernization and migration of large, mission-critical applications from AWS to Google Cloud. This role provides architectural leadership across cloud platforms, data modernization, security, DevSecOps, and enterprise systems engineering.

The Architect will support a high‑visibility federal system, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable cloud operations aligned with federal SDLC/SELC methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• TEN (10+) years of progressive experience in cloud architecture and enterprise modernization.
• Demonstrated experience migrating complex systems from AWS to Google Cloud at scale.
• Deep expertise across GCP services: Compute, GKE, VPC networking, IAM, Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, BigQuery, KMS, logging/monitoring.
• Expert-level proficiency with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and security engineering principles.
• Experience leading large cloud engineering teams in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end‑to‑end strategy, design, and implementation of cloud modernization initiatives for a complex federal enterprise system.
• Architect secure, scalable environments in Google Cloud and drive migration from AWS using industry‑standard patterns (rehost, re‑platform, refactor).
• Establish cloud governance, resource hierarchy, network architecture, IAM policies, and resiliency strategies.
• Support teams in deploying managed Google Cloud AI products (Vertex AI endpoints, Gemini‑based tools, Dialogflow agents) as part of modernization efforts.

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

Agile leadership

Security engineering

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS/EE

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

GCP services (Compute, GKE, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, BigQuery, KMS)

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead the modernization and migration of large, mission-critical applications from AWS to Google Cloud. This role provides architectural leadership across cloud platforms, data modernization, security, DevSecOps, and enterprise systems engineering.

The Architect will support a high‑visibility federal system, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable cloud operations aligned with federal SDLC/SELC methodologies.