Senior GCP Cloud Migration Architect

Saransh Inc; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Saransh Inc. is seeking a Senior GCP Cloud Migration Architect in Austin, TX. This hybrid, contract role leads comprehensive cloud migration initiatives and guides application placement strategies across enterprise infrastructures, prioritizing Google Cloud.

You will drive end-to-end migrations from discovery to a scalable migration factory, create migration roadmaps and target architectures, and implement CI/CD, IaC, and AI-enabled testing within a cohesive xOps framework.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise software engineering, delivery leadership, and global cloud infrastructure experience.
• Deep expertise in GCP native services (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL/Spanner) with multi-cloud mapping (AWS/GCP).
• Hands-on IaC (Terraform) configurations, DevSecFinOps CI/CD pipelines, and AI testing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end cloud migration initiatives with emphasis on Google Cloud.
• Guide application placement strategies across major infra, including on-prem and public cloud targets.
• Create migration roadmaps and target architectures; establish migration factory and governance.
• Develop xOps blueprint including CloudOps, FinOps, and SecOps with cost models and adoption plans.
• Roll out CI/CD pipelines and AI-enabled testing within IaC-driven environments; ensure automated migrations and governance.

Skills

GCP cloud migration

Enterprise delivery leadership

Cloud architecture (AWS/GCP)

DevSecOps CI/CD

IaC (Terraform)

AI testing tooling

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Compute Engine

Cloud Storage

Job description

Role: Senior GCP Cloud Migration Architect

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office)

Job Type: Contract

Experience: 10+ years

Role Overview

• We are seeking a highly experienced GCP Cloud Migration Architect to lead comprehensive cloud migration initiatives.
• This critical role requires guiding application placement strategies across diverse enterprise infrastructures, prioritizing Google Cloud while objectively evaluating AWS Cloud and on-premises Private Cloud targets.
• You will drive the end-to-end lifecycle, from initial asset discovery to the establishment of a scalable migration factory. Ability to create migration roadmaps, target architectures, and technical documentation

Strategic & Architectural Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Application Discovery: Conduct deep-dive assessments to right-size infrastructure, optimize storage tiers, analyze licensing, and map complex application dependencies.
• Foundation & Blueprinting: Develop a GCP Cloud Foundation Reference & Best Practices document and perform GAP analyses against current client foundations to establish a target-state Blueprint.
• High-Level & Detailed Architecture: Design robust Target State application architectures, establishing core foundation constructs for compute, storage, networking, identity management, logging, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR).

Execution & Operations (xOps)

• Migration Factory & Operating Model: Design and implement a scalable, wave-based Migration Factory, defining Pod/Squad operating structures and execution governance for automated VM and container migrations.
• xOps & Financial Governance: Develop a comprehensive xOps (CloudOps, FinOps, SecOps) Blueprint, incorporating pricing models, macro-level runtime cost estimates, and targeted adoption of Google's RAMP program.
• Advanced CI/CD & AI Tooling: Roll out complete DevSecFinOps pipelines utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to automate environment provisioning. Integrate modern, AI-driven testing frameworks to validate application functionality continuously throughout the migration lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven enterprise experience in software engineering, delivery leadership, and global cloud infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in GCP cloud-native services (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL/Spanner), alongside practical multi-cloud architecture mapping across AWS and GCP.
• Hands-on experience developing sophisticated IaC (Terraform) configurations, DevSecFinOps CI/CD pipelines, and integrating AI testing solutions.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud DevOps Engineer certification preferred; secondary multi-cloud certifications (such as the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional) are highly advantageous for application placement evaluations.
• Ability to create migration roadmaps, target architectures, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.