Senior Google Cloud Architect — Enterprise Modernization Leader

Slalom; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 171,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement program

Disability insurance

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Sr. Principal to lead enterprise Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives.

You will shape architectures, governance, and cost optimization while guiding senior engineers and partners across the organization. You will translate business priorities into practical roadmaps, drive measurable outcomes, and establish standards for IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading enterprise Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, migration, or platform engineering.
• Expertise in organization policies, IAM, shared VPC, security, governance, and cost optimization.
• Hands-on leadership with CI/CD tooling and automation.
• Strong knowledge of GKE, Cloud Run, storage, databases, observability, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise platform architecture and modernization initiatives across GCP.
• Translate business priorities into practical platform roadmaps and measurable value.
• Set standards for IaC, CI/CD, policy as code, DevSecOps, SRE, and readiness.
• Mentor architects and engineers and grow technical communities.

Skills

GCP architecture leadership

Terraform & CI/CD

Kubernetes expertise

Executive stakeholder consulting

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud CLI

GitHub Actions

Cloud Build

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Sr. Principal to lead enterprise Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives.

You will shape architectures, governance, and cost optimization while guiding senior engineers and partners across the organization. You will translate business priorities into practical roadmaps, drive measurable outcomes, and establish standards for IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.